Montreal, June 8 (RHC)-- "Do you smell smoke?” That’s the question people in Canada have been asking each other this week as hundreds of wildfires are burning in what has been described as an “unprecedented” start to the 2023 Canadian fire season.... More
Caracas, June 8 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said Wednesday that they are weaving strategic alliances with countries that he described as the new powers of the world.... More
United Nations, June 8 (RHC)-- A United Nations group of rights experts has released a scathing report criticizing the United States and some of its allies for the torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The group, made up of five independent experts, compiled the report in November 2022, but did not release it until last week.... More
Oslo, June 8 (RHC)-- The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to add Israel to the list of parties liable for grave violations against children. Riyad Mansour made the plea on Tuesday at the international conference on protecting children in armed conflict, which was held in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.... More
San Salvador, June 8 (RHC)-- The Attorney General's Office (FGR) of El Salvador has accused former President Alfredo Cristiani of coordinating and authorizing the massacre of members of the Society of Jesus at the Central American University.... More
New York, June 8 (RHC)-- Last week, Henry Kissinger --former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential advisor to Richard Nixon -- turned 100. ... More
Bogota, June 8 (RHC)-- The Colombian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that political scientist Milton Rengifo Hernández will serve as the country's new ambassador to Venezuela, after the departure of his predecessor, former senator Armando Benedetti.... More
Ramallah, June 8 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have carried out a raid against the city of Ramallah in the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank, wounding at least 10 Palestinians. The troops targeted the city, which serves as the seat of the Palestinian Authority, in early Thursday, attacking its residents with both live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets.... More
Paris, June 8 (RHC)-- In France, protesters took to the streets around the country and transport workers staged strikes as opponents of President Emmanuel Macron’s pension overhaul seek to revive public momentum against the reform nearly two months after it was signed into law. ... More
Tehran, June 8 (RHC)-- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel next week to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba to strengthen relations with these Latin American countries.... More
Bogota, June 7 (RHC)-- Leftist personalities from around the world, including intellectuals, academics and politicians, made a "call to the friends of the Colombian people and allies of democracy to oppose these infamous tactics and prevent the advance of a soft coup in Colombia."... More
Brasilia, June 7 (RHC)-- The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced its plan to eliminate deforestation by 2030 as part of an international pledge to protect the environment. Lula and his Environment Minister Marina Silva unveiled the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon on Monday, touting it as the latest step in their aggressive platform to combat climate change.... More
Sacramento, June 7 (RHC)-- Authorities in the U.S. state of California have launched an investigation after at least 16 asylum seekers were flown to Sacramento Friday in a private jet believed to have been arranged by the state of Florida. The migrants, who are from Venezuela and Colombia, say they were promised work if they boarded the flight, but were instead dropped off in front of a church with only a backpack’s worth of belonging... More
The Vatican, June 7 (RHC)-- Pope Francis is at a hospital in Rome preparing for abdominal surgery, the Vatican press office has said. “The Holy Father went to the Gemelli University Hospital where in the early afternoon he will undergo a surgical operation of laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall,” read a Vatican statement published on Wednesday.... More
Mexico City, June 7 (RHC)-- Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced on Tuesday that he will resign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, June 12th, to compete for the presidential candidacy of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party.... More
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