Ramallah, June 10 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime's forces have attacked the Palestinians protesting the regime's illegal settlement activities throughout the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank. The protests broke out across various locations in the West Bank, namely the northern cities of Nablus and Qalqilya as well as the southern city of al-Khalil (Hebron), on Friday, the Palestinian Information Center news agency reported.... More
Geneva, June 10 (RHC)-- The first resolution on the "Health of Indigenous Peoples" was approved by majority vote at the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The text, proposed by Brazil, was co-sponsored by Bolivia, Mexico, Guatemala, Paraguay and several nations of the world, and requests the WHO director general to elaborate an international plan of action for the health of indigenous peoples. ... More
Miami, June 10 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is now running for a second term in the 2024 election, made $82.5 million from his businesses in Ireland and Scotland during his presidency as he embroiled himself in what one watchdog group called "extraordinary conflicts of interest" stemming from his frequent trips to his properties in the two countries while he was in office.... More
Washington, June 10 (RHC)-- The United States has announced that it will provide an additional $2.1 billion in weapons aid for Ukraine, deepening its involvement in the war in defiance of repeated warnings by Russia.... More
New York, June 10 (RHC)-- Observers say the death of longtime televangelist Pat Robertson is "no major loss to the world." The racist, right-wing ideologue died earlier this week at the age of 93.... More
Brasilia, June 10 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Lula da Silva has launched a new version of the government program People's Pharmacy, which offers free or reduced-price medicines Noting that many Brazilians have died with a prescription on the table but no money to buy medicines, he relaunched the program, saying: "This will no longer happen in this country."... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- The UK’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as a member of Parliament, accusing a parliamentary probe into the “Partygate” scandal of driving him out.... More
Mexico City, June 9 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), showed his support for his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro after a series of scandals within his government.... More
Paris, June 9 (RHC)-- Thousands of people in France have held fresh demonstrations to oppose the government's plans to overhaul pensions and increase the retirement age to 64. French unions led the protests, marking the 14th day of demos against government plans to hike the retirement age.... More
Ramallah, June 9 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian journalist in the head during a raid in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Twenty-two-year-old Moamen Sumreen was hospitalized in serious condition after he was struck by a rubber-coated steel bullet as he documented Israeli troops’ demolition of an apartment building Wednesday evening. ... More
New York, June 9 (RHC)-- Hundreds of climate change-fueled wildfires continue to scorch Canada, where tens of thousands have been displaced and residents have dealt with weeks of hazardous, smoke-filled air. ... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rejected Friday the appeal that Julian Assange's defense filed against his extradition to the United States, where he is charged for alleged conspiracy and "treason."... More
Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- With the presence of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the third cycle of the peace dialogue table between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) closed this Friday in Havana, in which a bilateral, national and temporary ceasefire agreement was announced.... More
Lima, June 9 (RHC)-- The Peruvian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency for 60 days in 18 of the country's 25 regions due to the imminent danger of heavy rains in the face of the arrival of the phenomenon El Niño. ... More
Pretoria, June 9 (RHC)-- Palaeontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest-known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavi... More
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