Jackson, August 5 (RHC)-- Six white U.S. police officers -- who called themselves "The Goon Squad" -- plead guilty in the case of torturing two Black men in Mississippi.  ... More


Miami, August 5 (RHC)-- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is drawing fire for his increasingly violent rhetoric on the campaign trail as he seeks the Republican Party’s nomination for president. ... More


Caracas, August 5 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused his former U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, of spearheading a scheme to assassinate him in 2018, affirming that the order came directly from the White House.... More


Riyadh, August 5 (RHC)-- One of OPEC’s top producers, Saudi Arabia, announced on Thursday the extension of its cut in oil output for at least another month, to support global crude prices.   State news agency SPA cited an official source at the energy ministry as saying that with the kingdom’s voluntary cut of one million barrels per day, production for September will be around nine million barrels per day (bpd).... More


El Paso, August 5 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the Biden administration to continue enforcing a measure that blocks migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border without first applying for protection in a country they passed through on their journey to the United States. ... More


New York, August 5 (RHC)-- A leading human rights group has urged the United States to stem “ongoing atrocities” in Sudan’s western region of Darfur as Washington holds the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in August.... More


London, August 5 (RHC)-- London's housing crisis is becoming "unmanageable" as one in 50 Londoners are now living in temporary accommodation, an umbrella group warned, urging the government to help low-income families.... More


Santiago de Chile, August 5 (RHC)-- South America is experiencing one of the most extreme weather events on record, with temperatures in parts of Chile and Argentina topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the dead of winter. ... More


Paris, August 4 (RHC)-- A former French diplomat says the coup in Niger can be traced back to the frustration of people with French interventions and their rejection of the European power's presence in the country. ... More


Niamey, August 4 (RHC)-- In Niger, the leader of the military junta that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 says he will defy any attempts to restore the former president by force, as leaders of the ECOWAS bloc of West African countries threatened military action unless the coup is reversed by August 6th.... More


Santo Domingo, August 4 (RHC)-- In news from the Santo Domingo, Lee Hyeon-chan, general manager of overseas projects of the South Korea Electric Power Corporation, has established an investment collaboration framework with the Dominican government.... More


Baghdad, August 4 (RHC)-- Extreme temperatures and a lack of electrical power are a deadly combination, and one that is being felt across Iraq.  The country is one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change, faced with scorching heatwaves, reduced rainfall, water scarcity, and desertification.... More


Memphis, August 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Memphis, Tennessee, prosecutors have filed attempted murder charges against a man who fired shots outside the Margolin Hebrew Academy school Monday after he tried and failed to enter the building. ... More


Pittsburgh, August 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, a federal jury has unanimously sentenced the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue to death.  ... More


Caracas, August 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received this Thursday at the Miraflores Palace a delegation of the Republic of Congo that is on an official visit to the nation.  The meeting was held in the framework of the installation of the First Joint Commission between Caracas and Brazzaville, which took place in the Venezuelan capital.... More


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