Mexico City, June 30 (RHC)-- Mexican authorities have arrested the former head of Mexico’s federal anti-kidnapping special unit in connection with the forced disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa in 2014. ... More


Houston, June 30 (RHC)-- Authorities in Mexico and the southern United States have reported an uptick in heat-related deaths as high temperatures smother the region, resulting in power outages and heightened risks for those with fewer resources to stay cool.... More


Brasilia, June 29 (RHC)-- The XXVI edition of the São Paulo Forum will be held in Brasilia, the capital of the South American giant, beginning on Thursday and concluding on Sunday, under the slogan "Regional integration to advance Latin American and Caribbean sovereignty" to be a place of exchange and articulation of progressive, democratic and leftist forces.... More


Atlanta, June 29 (RHC)-- The United States has recorded its first cases of domestically transmitted malaria for the first time in two decades. ... More


Ottawa, June 29 (RHC)-- Smoke from nearly 500 wildfires in Canada is blanketing much of North America in an unprecedented haze, triggering air quality alerts in 20 U.S. states that are home to a third of the population.  ... More


San Juan, June 29 (RHC)-- Hundreds of demonstrators, including religious leaders, intellectuals, economists, teachers and retirees, took to the streets of Puerto Rico on Wednesday to protest against a proposal to increase electricity bills amid a payment crisis due to the high rates imposed.... More


Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- A newly-published audio reveals former U.S. President Donald Trump showed a classified Pentagon document to a publisher, a writer and two staffers during a conversation at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club two years ago. ... More


Paris, June 29 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has held a crisis meeting with some of his ministers, as security forces have arrested 150 people in a second night of violence after the killing of a teenager by police.... More


Tegucigalpa, June 29 (RHC)-- Honduran President Xiomara Castro commemorated Wednesday the coup d'état against her husband, Manuel Zelaya, on June 28, 2009, by inaugurating the Museum of Memory and Reconciliation.... More


Ramallah, June 29 (RHC)-- In the occupied West Bank, a mob of armed Israeli settlers stormed the village of Umm Safa over the weekend, firing bullets at residents and setting fire to homes and vehicles.  Several people were reportedly injured. ... More


Managua, June 29 (RHC)-- Nicaragua has lodged a complaint with the UN against the US for its refusal to comply with a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to compensate Managua for its support of Contra forces during the 1980s.... More


Brasilia, June 29 (RHC)-- A group of Brazilian scientists, journalists, professors, former ministers and trade unionists are calling on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asking Brazil to grant political asylum to Australian Julian Assange.... More


United Nations, June 28 (RHC)-- The commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has announced a 48-hour unilateral ceasefire for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.  ... More


Panama City, June 28 (RHC)-- Scientists are sounding the alarm over an extreme ocean heat wave in the North Atlantic, where surface temperatures are as much as 5 degrees Celsius, or 9 degrees Fahrenheit, above normal. ... More


Beijing, June 28 (RHC)-- Northern China suffered a weekend of record temperatures, with highs in the capital Beijing topping 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit, for three consecutive days. ... More


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