Washington, July 28 (RHC)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve has voted to raise interest rates by another quarter percent, taking the cost of borrowing to its highest level in over two decades. It’s the 11th such rate increase in less than a year and a half. ... More
Brisbane, July 28 (RHC)-- The prime minister is meeting with high-level U.S. officials in Brisbane. Supporters of Julian Assange are urging him to raise the issue of the WikiLeaks founder's detention this weekend.... More
Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, the chief of Niger’s Special Operations Forces and one of the leaders of the unfolding coup in Niger, was trained by the U.S. military, The Intercept has confirmed. U.S.-trained military officers have taken part in 11 coups in West Africa since 2008.... More
United Nations, July 28 (RHC)-- New climate data show July is on track to become the hottest month in human history, with global temperatures rising to about 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above pre-industrial levels. ... More
New Delhi, July 28 (RHC)-- Environment ministers from G-20 nations have failed to agree on ways to curb emissions and other crucial measures to address the global climate crisis ahead of the UN climate change conference at the end of the year.... More
Niamey, July 28 (RHC)-- Leaders of Niger’s military have declared their support for the mutinous officers who declared a coup Wednesday against the nation’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. ... More
Washington, July 28 (RHC)-- U.S. Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against former President Donald Trump and another one of his aides in the indictment around his mishandling of classified documents. The charges accuse Trump of attempting to “alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence” and inducing others to do so. ... More
Port-au-Prince, July 28 (RHC)-- The United States has ordered non-emergency government personnel to leave Haiti, as the Caribbean nation continues to reel under widespread gang violence, kidnappings and political instability.... More
Canberra, July 28 (RHC)-- John Howard, who served as Australia’s prime minister from 1996 to 2007, has stirred controversy ahead of a referendum which could give the country’s indigenous population a more powerful political voice, by saying British colonization was “the luckiest thing that happened” to the country.... More
Brasilia, July 28 (RHC)-- The report "Violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil During 2022," published by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), shows that during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, 795 cases of homicides against indigenous people were recorded throughout the country.... More
Damascus, July 28 (RHC)-- At least six people have been killed and another 23 wounded in a motorcycle bombing near the Sayeda Zeinab mosque, in a southern suburb of the Syrian capital, the Interior Ministry has said.... More
Lima, July 28 (RHC)-- Despite the repression by the Peruvian police, social organizations and unions called for mobilizations against President Dina Boluarte for this July 28th and 29th amid of the celebration of National Holidays. ... More
St. Petersburg, July 28 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders at a two-day Russia-Africa summit that Moscow respects their peace proposal on Ukraine and will carefully study it on Friday.... More
Caracas, July 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez has denounced that the U.S. government continues to promote the auction of the Venezuelan state company CITGO Petroleum, a subsidiary of the state oil company PDVSA.... More
Lima, July 28 (RHC)-- Peruvian police agents repressed protesters who were carrying out a sit-in against the Congress, beating a number of demonstrators.... More
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