Geneva, July 7 (RHC)-- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved Japan’s plan to dump over 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The water has been in storage following the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. ... More
Madrid, July 7 (RHC)-- At least 951 people, including 49 children, have died while trying to reach Spain by sea in the first six months of 2023, according to a monitoring group. In a report released on Thursday, Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders) said the people lost at sea hailed from 14 countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, The Gambia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria and The Gambia.... More
New York, July 7 (RC)-- The world’s average surface temperature has soared to its highest level ever recorded, surpassing record levels of heat measured just one day earlier — and the day before that. ... More
Washington, July 7 (RHC)-- The Biden administration is announcing it will ship cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a Pentagon military aid package. The weapons are banned under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty signed by more than 100 states — though not by Russia, Ukraine or the United States. ... More
Washington, July 7 (RHC)-- Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested in Washington, DC Thursday during a protest in support of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.... More
New York, July 7 (RHC)-- The Central Intelligence Agency has "boots on the ground" in Ukraine and operates a clandestine supply network to help the government in Kiev to fight Russia, Newsweek reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources within the U.S. government.... More
Washington, July 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Biden has nominated Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. ... More
Lima, July 6 (RHC)-- Peru's Attorney General, Daniel Soria, requested the Judiciary to seize the movable and immovable assets of former President Pedro Castillo, who is currently serving a double pre-trial detention in the Barbadillo prison, located in the province of Lima.... More
Paris, July 6 (RHC)-- French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old man who was hit by a projectile during riots. The likely cause of death was a violent shock to the chest from a “flash-ball” projectile as used by riot police, their office said on Tuesday, without specifying who fired or owned the gun.... More
London, July 6 (RHC)-- Thousands of Afghan refugees are at risk of homelessness in the United Kingdom if the government presses ahead with plans to evict them from hotels, local councils have warned. The UK government announced in March that 8,000 Afghans living in the country after fleeing Afghanistan in August 2021 would have to leave their government-paid for hotels by the end of August.... More
Port of Spain, July 6 (RHC)-- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne stated during the 45th Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that the need for integration within the region is even greater than in the European Union (EU).... More
United Nations, July 6 (RHC)-- UN aid agencies have voiced alarm at the scale of the ongoing deadly Israeli military ground and aerial attacks on the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, where a dozen Palestinians have been killed over the past two days. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 6 (RHC)-- Honduras and China have begun to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after both countries established diplomatic relations in March.... More
Bogota, July 6 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, signed this Wednesday a decree declaring the suspension as of this Thursday of offensive operations against the National Liberation Army (ELN) group.... More
Geneva, July 6 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan permanent representative to the United Nations, Héctor Constant Rosales, responded Wednesday to a report on Venezuela by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk.... More
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