Ramallah, July 20 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has said that 50 percent of cancer patients do not receive treatment due to Israel’s now-17-year-old brutal blockade of the Palestinian territory. ... More
London, July 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations has warned that controversial British legislation purportedly aimed at deterring thousands of refugees from landing on the country's shores will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection. ... More
Baghdad, July 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have stormed the Swedish embassy in the capital Baghdad and set part of it on fire in protest against the second planned desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.... More
New York, July 20 (RHC)-- The shipping giant UPS has begun training non-union employees to fill in for unionized workers, after the Teamsters voted to authorize a strike over stalled contract talks. Unless there’s a breakthrough, some 340,000 UPS workers could be on picket lines as soon as August 1st. ... More
Lima, July 20 (RHC)-- Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets this Wednesday in Lima, the capital, as well as in dozens of cities in the country, to demand the resignation of the appointed president Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress, as well as an early election.... More
Phoenix, July 20 (RHC)-- In the United States, more than 88 million people are under excessive heat warnings and advisories on Tuesday. Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires is triggering “unhealthy” air quality alerts across New England and as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama. ... More
Caracas, July 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took stock of the work of Bolivarian diplomacy during the summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) that took place in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday and Tuesday this week.... More
Paris, July 20 (RHC)-- French Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti reported that authorities have handed down 1,278 sentences for the riots that occurred in late June and early July. Approximately 95 percent of those sentences were convictions, that is, 1,056 people were sentenced to prison. Among them are 742 citizens who must serve mandatory jail terms with an average length of 8.2 months.... More
Athens, July 19 (RHC)-- Europe is still sweltering, as Rome reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, or nearly 42 degrees Celsius. Other Italian cities also shattered all-time temperature records. ... More
Managua, July 19 (RHC)-- The Government of Nicaragua reported today that it did not sign, approve or accompany the Final Declaration of the III Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Belgium earlier this week.... More
Lima, July 19 (RHC)-- Opposition protesters today set fire to the Prefecture of the central Andean Peruvian region of Huancavelica, during a rally held as part of a national day of social protests against the government.... More
Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has formally invited widely unpopular Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington for a visit, after hesitating for many months due to the political situation in Israel. Political observers say that the invitation from the White House had also been delayed due to the surging atrocities against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank.... More
United Nations, July 19 (RHC)-- Only a political settlement can resolve the conflict in Ukraine, China’s deputy UN envoy has said, urging the international community to seek a peaceful end to the crisis after Beijing advanced its own plan to halt the fighting. ... More
Damascus, July 19 (RHC)-- Syria has strongly condemned the illegal entry of a French delegation into the country, saying the move constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and a blatant attack on Syrian sovereignty.... More
Gaza City, July 19 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expedite an investigation into the crimes and violations of the Tel Aviv regime and bring perpetrators to justice.... More
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