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


Chicago, June 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Illinois, the Chicago City Council has voted to allocate more than $50 million from a budget surplus to provide emergency humanitarian aid and housing to the thousands of asylum seekers who have been sent to Chicago since last August by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott. ... More


Mexico City, June 5 (RHC)-- The National Regeneration Movement (Morena), of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has won the governorship of the State of Mexico with its candidate Delfina Gómez.  The Mexican state -- with over 17,000,000 inhabitants -- is the most populated of the Latin American country.... More


Port-au-Prince, June 5 (RHC)-- At least 15 people are dead and eight others missing due to heavy rains over the weekend, Haiti's Civil Protection Department reported on Monday.... More


Mexico City, June 5 (RHC)-- An armed attack perpetrated has been carried out against victims of forced displacement in the community of Santa Martha, municipality of Chenalhó, Mexican state of Chiapas (south), left at least seven dead and three wounded.... More


London, June 5 (RHC)-- Just a few weeks ago Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was serving his fourth year in a maximum security prison in the United Kingdom.  An extradition order hangs over him to the United States, where the journalist would be tried for 18 crimes related to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and disclosure of classified documents.... More


United Nations, June 5 (RHC)-- Donor countries have provided just $107 million in new funds for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, falling significantly short of the $300 million it needs to continue helping millions of people in Israeli-occupied territories and refugee camps in neighboring countries.... More


Ramallah, June 5 (RHC)-- At least 700 sick Palestinian inmates are in Israeli jails, and 160 of them are in critical condition, according to a prisoners' advocacy group.  Riad al-Ashqar, the director of the Palestinian Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) made the remarks in a statement over the weekend.... More


Damascus, June 5 (RHC)-- At least three children have been killed and two others suffered serious injuries when a landmine planted by U.S. occupation forces went off in the Syria's energy-rich northeastern province of Hasakah.... More


Vienna, June 4 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum, Rafael Tellechea, announced on Saturday that he is participating in the 186th Ministerial Conference of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which is being held in Vienna, Austria.... More


Havana, June 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. community organization LELO (Legacy of Equality, Leadership, and Organization) today awarded activist Carlos Lazo, coordinator of the Bridges of Love solidarity movement, for his humanitarian work.... More


Jeddah, June 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived today in this Saudi Arabian city with the purpose of strengthening political, diplomatic and energy alliances.... More


Rome, June 4 (RHC)-- The Italian Coast Guard has apprehended two vessels from non-governmental organisations operating in the Mediterranean Sea, after they were found to be in breach of a new law preventing ships deployed to rescue migrants from carrying out multiple operations in a row.... More


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