Buenos Aires, June 19 (RHC)-- In Argentina, the national government and leaders of the ruling party reject the violent repression carried out by the Jujuy police in the city of Purmamarca, where demonstrators were protesting against the partial reform of the provincial Magna Carta, which limits the right to social protest. The Government insisted Governor Gerardo Morales to cease violence and listen to the demands of the people.... More
Brasilia, June 19 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro made statements for which he apologized this Sunday, after stating that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines against COVID-19 contain "graphene."... More
La Paz, June 18 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Luis Arce has affirmed that he "will not fall into the game of the right wing" of "splitting" the MAS-IPSP and called to maintain the unity of the Bolivian people to guarantee the continuity of the process of change.... More
Amsterdam, June 19 (RHC)-- The Netherlands’ House of Orange profited from its colonial holdings by about 3 million guilders – $600 million (€547 million) in modern money – from 1675 to 1770, according to the government-commissioned State and Slavery study, presented to the Dutch Parliament this past week.... More
Paris, June 19 (RHC)-- The number of people living at hunger’s edge and receiving food aid is rising in France. Sixteen percent of French people say they did not have enough food to eat at the end of last year, according to a new study.... More
United Nations, June 18 (RHC)-- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) presented a report on the evolution of acute food insecurity until the end of 2023. In the "Hunger Hotspots" report, FAO and WFP call for urgent humanitarian action to save livelihoods and prevent starvation and death in 22 countries where acute hunger is at a high risk of worsening from June to November 2023.... More
Paris, June 18 (RHC)-- Global greenhouse gas emissions have reached a record high amid an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, according to a new study. From 2013 to 2022, “human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of more than 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” 50 top scientists warned in a sweeping climate science update.... More
Tel Aviv, June 18 (RHC)-- A new report has revealed that 44% of Israeli youth deal with constant anxiety and depression, while 20% showed tendencies to take their own lives. The report, published by Hebrew-language media, covers the year 2022 and was conducted by ELEM, a nonprofit watchdog monitoring at-risk youth.... More
Austin, June 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced he has sent a group of migrants to Los Angeles, the latest attempt by Abbott to provoke progressive California on immigration.... More
United Nations, June 18 (RHC)-- The UN food agency has said it will slash aid to Syrians in need of basic food supplies by about half because of a lack of funding. “An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to cut assistance to 2.5 million of the 5.5 million people who rely on the agency for their basic food needs,” the organisation said on Tuesday.... More
Lima, June 18 (RHC)-- Former Peruvian presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos was sentenced to 23 years in prison, along with the former head of the undercover military group Colina Martin Rivas, for the aggravated murder of intelligence agent Mariella Barreto in 1997.... More
London, June 18 (RHC)-- A new report has shed light on the covert military operations of the British army around the world. The report by the Guardian says Britain's Special Forces have carried out secret operations in 19 countries over the past 12 years.... More
Hanoi, June 18 (RHC)-- Squinting in the bright light of a hot morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam’s iconic Ha Long Bay. It is not yet 9 a.m., but a mound of collected styrofoam buoys, plastic bottles and beer cans sits behind Thinh in her boat.... More
London, June 18 (RHC)-- British prosecutors have authorised sexual offence charges against Michael Lockwood, the former director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).... More
Rome, June 18 (RHC)-- NATO has dubbed it 'Air Defender 23'; the biggest deployment exercise ever conducted by the Western military alliance, hosted by Germany, kicked off close to the Italian border, yet millions of Italians have been kept in the dark.... More
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