Bogota, June 7 (RHC)-- Labor unions, unions and social organizations in Colombia are marching this Wednesday in the main cities of the country to express their support to President Gustavo Petro and to the health, labor and pension reforms promoted by the Colombian government.... More
Ramallah, June 7 (RHC)-- Palestinian prisoners held under Israel's so-called administrative detention policy, are planning a mass open-ended hunger strike in protest at their unlawful and indefinite imprisonment without trial or charge.... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- A U.S. senator has called on President Joe Biden’s administration to make public a government report on the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Democrat Chris Van Hollen said that he had reviewed the report by the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC) — weeks after he requested it from the State Department.... More
Berlin, June 6 (RHC)-- The Halle City Public Prosecutor's Office indicted Bjorn Hocke, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), for the use of Nazi vocabulary and symbols.... More
Port-au-Prince, June 6 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have died in the Caribbean island nation of Haiti as heavy rain and flooding devastate the country. Earlier this week, the government’s disaster response agency said that at least 42 people had been killed, 13,300 had lost their homes, and 11 were missing after a weekend of torrential downpours that triggered mudslides and caused rivers to burst their banks.... More
Buenos Aires, June 6 (RHC)-- A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, after prosecutors and state agencies said there was no evidence she was involved in a crime.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- A two-and-a-half-year-old Palestinian boy shot in the head last week by Israeli forces—who initially denied shooting the toddler—succumbed to his wounds on Monday. Muhammad Tamimi and his father, Haytham Tamimi, were in their parked car outside their home in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine last Thursday when they came under fire from Israeli troops.... More
New York, June 6 (RHC)-- Three corporations that produce a class of toxic substances commonly called “forever chemicals” have agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle liability claims brought by municipal water agencies who say the companies knowingly contaminated drinking water supplies around the United States. ... More
A quarter of a million Floridians get kicked off Medicaid as DeSantis rakes in huge amounts of money
Miami, June 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands of poor Floridians have been kicked off Medicaid in recent weeks as their Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, travels the country for his 2024 presidential bid and rakes in campaign cash from big donors.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the international community needs to intervene to end Israel’s violations against Palestinian children. In a statement released on Sunday, Hamas said the regime denies ill children treatment, medicine and food supply by keeping the Gaza Strip blockaded.... More
Berlin, June 6 (RHC)-- In the German city of Leipzig, dozens of people were arrested or detained over the weekend, as police clashed with protesters and authorities sought to ban demonstrations following the conviction last week of an anti-fascist activist. Twenty-eight-year old Lina E. received five years in prison for attacking neo-Nazis. Three others received sentences of two to three years. ... More
Berlin, June 5 (RHC)-- A survey released a few days ago has caused alarm among leading members of Germany's traditional parties after it was revealed that support for the far-right AfD party has reached record levels in the country.... More
Bogota, June 5 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has firmly denied that he had anything to do with receiving payments from drug trafficking.... More
Brasilia, June 5 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Supreme Court has indicted over 1,100 of the participants in the coup acts of last January 8th, when thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the headquarters of the three branches of government in an attempt to force a coup against the then elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... More
Paris, June 5 (RHC)-- France has threatened to ban Twitter from the European Union if the American social media network fails to abide by new disinformation regulations in the bloc. France's Digital Transition and Telecommunications Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the European bloc could not take the risk of a network such as Twitter because it is what he called a hub of disinformation supporters.... More
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