Geneva, May 25 (RHC)-- More than 100 climate activists and scientists targeted the biggest private jet sales fair in Europe earlier this week, chaining themselves to the gangways of luxury planes and placing tobacco-style health warning labels on the aircraft to decry their contributions to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.... More
London, May 25 (RHC)-- About 100 climate campaigners on Tuesday demanded the attention of executives and shareholders at Shell's annual general meeting, refusing to be silenced as they spent several hours disrupting the profits-focused gathering to condemn the oil company for its continued planet-heating fossil fuel extraction.... More
Rome, May 24 (RHC)-- About 500 refugees and migrants are onboard a boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea after departing Libya for Europe, humanitarian organizations say. Italian NGO Emergency said on Wednesday that the vessel – which has 45 women and 56 children on it, including a baby born overnight at sea – was taking on water.... More
Tel Aviv, May 24 (RHC)-- Thousands of Israeli settlers rally in the occupied holy city of al-Quds in protest at the Israeli prime minister's plan to use public funds to buy the support of his extremist political allies. The demonstration saw the participants rally towards the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) on Tuesday.... More
Bogota, May 24 (RHC)-- Judge Laura Barrera in Bogota has determined not to preclude the case against the former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who will now have to go to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud.... More
Montevideo, May 24 (RHC)-- In Montevideo, the Uruguayan capita, a survey by Equipos Consultores revealed on Tuesday that the political coalition Frente Amplio (FA) maintains an advantage over the current ruling party in Uruguay.... More
Brasilia, May 24 (RHC-- Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira today repudiated racist offenses against Real Madrid soccer player Vinicius Jr. and demanded concrete measures from the Spanish government during a congressional hearing.... More
London, May 24 (RHC)-- UK's unemployment rate has increased over the first three months of the year as skyrocketing inflation puts further pressure on the labor market, according to official data released on Tuesday. According to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate across the UK climbed from 3.8 percent during the three-month period ending in February to 3.9 percent.... More
Houston, May 24 (RHC)-- Multiple cities across the United States have declared states of emergency as thousands of asylum seekers are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border due to the end of the infamous 'Title 42' law. Cities as big and wealthy as Chicago and New York are experiencing a shortage of resources like food and shelter as refugees are forcibly transported from border states to “sanctuary cities.”... More
London, May 24 (RHC)-- The United States is no longer the largest contributor to high-quality natural science as China has surpassed it for the first time in the index of scientific publications Nature Index.... More
Brasilia, May 24 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock announced on May 22nd the declaration of the state of emergency for 180 days, with the objective of preventing the disease from reaching subsistence and commercial poultry, in order to preserve people's health.... More
Tegucigalpa, May 24 (RHC)-- Patricia Villegas, Colombian journalist and director of the TeleSUR network, received on Wednesday one of the "Mártires de la Resistencia" journalism awards from the hands of the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro.... More
London, May 24 (RHC)-- The right to go on strike, to withdraw one's labor over grievances with one's employer is potentially under threat in proposed legislation that gives the British government sweeping powers to clamp down on industrial action. Following months of public sector walkouts, the British government has introduced legislation that makes it difficult for unions to hold further strikes. ... More
New York, May 24 (RHC)-- U.S. writer E. Jean Carroll is seeking further damages in a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, after he mocked her in a May 10 CNN town hall, while an audience packed with Trump supporters laughed and applauded his remarks. ... More
Atlanta, May 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, the gruesome death of Lashawn Thompson, a 35-year-old Black man, in the Fulton County Jail last year has been ruled a homicide due to “severe neglect.” ... More
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