Brasilia, August 4 (RHC)-- Brazil's state-run Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) launched a platform that gathers data on more than 5,000 species of Brazilian fauna assessed for extinction risk.... More
New Delhi, August 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, said Thursday in the framework of the India - LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean) Conclave that President Nicolás Maduro formalized the country's application to join the BRICS group.... More
Lisbon, August 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has met with survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic Church clergy during a trip to Lisbon, Portugal. The visit comes in the wake of a report which found priests and other church officials in Portugal likely abused 5,000 children or more since 1950. ... More
Mexico City, August 4 (RHC)-- Mexican authorities say they are working to identify a body found trapped in the floating barrier of buoys installed by Texas in the Rio Grande River. ... More
London, August 4 (RHC)-- The UK is discriminating against British Muslims by "disproportionately" denying them banking services and closing their accounts "without adequate transparency and recourse," the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Secretary General Zara Mohammed complained in a letter written to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, demanding the protection of universal banking rights.... More
Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in an American maximum security prison if he is extradited to the United States.... More
The weekend, AUSMIN talks in Brisbane have highlighted that Julian Assange’s ongoing legal and political battle challenging his extradition to the United States is about to reach some critical pivot points. In June, Assange lost his latest bid to halt his extradition after an appeal to the UK High Court was dismissed. Further appeals before the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights are afoot, but their prospects of success would appear low. The reality is that all of Assange’s legal options are now running out.... More
Washington, August 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. intelligence and the CIA are using Wikipedia as one of its tools to wage “information warfare,” the site’s co-founder, Larry Sanger, has said. Intelligence agencies have been manipulating the online encyclopedia for more than a decade, Sanger told Pulitzer Prize winner American investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald on Wednesday. ... More
Brasilia, August 4 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Lula da Silva says that the BRICS bloc can play an "exceptional role" globally as it can help reduce inequality by offering developing countries financing without onerous terms.... More
Bogota, August 3 (RHC)-- The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) officially began this Thursday the bilateral ceasefire for 180 days as part of the Total Peace policy promoted by the Executive of President Gustavo Petro.... More
New Delhi, August 3 (RHC)-- On Thursday, Venezuelan Science Minister Gabriela Jimenez explained the Latin American technological challenges during the 9th India-Latin America Conclave, which is taking place in New Delhi.... More
United Nations, August 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations has warned that millions of people are on the brink of famine in Sudan, as hunger and displacement are spiraling out of control in the African country amid the ongoing armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Response Forces (RSF).... More
Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- The latest indictment against former President Donald Trump regarding his sweeping campaign to go against the will of the American public and overturn the 2020 election includes one charge under a civil rights law originally enacted to combat the terror and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.... More
Baltimore, August 3 (RHC)-- The family of Henrietta Lacks has settled a lawsuit in the United States against a biotechnology company accused of reaping millions of dollars in profit from the use of her cells.... More
Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- The latest findings by a pro-Israel think tank in Washington show that support for the US-brokered normalization deals between the Israeli regime and Arab countries has plummeted in Persian Gulf Arab nations.... More
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