Port-au-Prince, June 11 (RHC)-- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has denounced in a report that in the first three months of 2023 some 1,630 people have been killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti, while it is estimated that more than 165,000 have been displaced by gang violence.... More
Berlin, June 11 (RHC)-- German anti-war activists have rallied in front of the Wunstorf Air Base against U.S.-led NATO’s ‘Air Defender 23’ upcoming military drills, demanding a ceasefire in Ukraine and removal of U.S. nuclear weapons from their country.... More
Beijing, June 11 (RHC)-- Honduras has opened an embassy in Beijing, according to the Chinese state media, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with Beijing.... More
Brasilia, June 11 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his concern about the imminent extradition of activist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.... More
Quito, June 11 (RHC)-- The Citizen Revolution movement of Ecuador presented this Saturday in the city of Portoviejo, province of Manabí (west), Luisa González and Andrés Arauz as its candidates to dispute the presidency and vice-presidency of the country in the next elections, scheduled for August 20... More
Ramallah, June 11 (RHC)-- At dawn on Thursday, Israeli forces stormed Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank and blew up the family home of a Palestinian prisoner. The large contingent of Israeli soldiers poured into Ramallah al-Tahta (lower Ramallah) in the Old City area, cordoning off the family home of 27-year-old Islam Faroukh.... More
Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- Women should begin getting mammogram screenings for breast cancer at age 40, an influential U.S. health panel has advised, in a move the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said could help save thousands of lives.... More
Mexico City, June 10 (RHC)-- In Mexico, authorities are investigating the extrajudicial execution of five men by the Mexican military in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. ... More
Brussels, June 10 (RHC)-- The European Union has agreed on a new plan for hosting asylum seekers, following years of debate and infighting. ... More
Quito, June 10 (RHC)-- The Government of Ecuador reported that a road emergency was declared in the provinces of Esmeraldas to address the emergency caused by heavy rains.... More
London, June 10 (RHC)-- Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s departure from parliament over COVID lockdown-breaking parties has sparked fevered speculation about his and the current government’s future. Johnson announced that he was quitting as a member of parliament on Friday, claiming he had been forced out in a stitch-up by his political opponents.... More
United Nations, June 10 (RHC)-- A United Nations special rapporteur warns international support for more than one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladeshi camps is “grossly insufficient.” ... More
Brussels, June 10 (RHC)-- The eurozone has entered a technical recession in the first three months of 2023, bringing households under increasing pressure from rising living costs across the 20 countries that use the euro as their currency, Eurostat figures show. ... More
Quito, June 10 (RHC)-- Jorge Glas has declined this Saturday the presidential candidacy of Ecuador and has proposed the formula Luisa González-Andrés Arauz. Previously, the president of Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana announced that Glas will be the presidential candidate. Jorge Glas declines Ecuador's presidential candidacy and proposes Luisa González-Andrés Arauz formula. Jorge Glas... More
Buenos Aires, June 10 (RHC)-- The haunting discovery might never have happened were it not for the sudden rotation of a cold southern wind, howling across the Rio de la Plata estuary between Argentina and Uruguay. The wind — called a sudestada — pushed seven bodies ashore about 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Buenos Aires between December 1977 and January 1978.... More
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