Jackson, May 23 (RHC)-- Anger is boiling over in the U.S. state of Mississippi amid deteriorating drinking water crisis due to poor infrastructure, with locals saying the US government spends billions of dollars on wars and weapons while ignoring its own citizens. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been left with muddy water running from taps, leaving citizens with no choice other than resorting to bottled water.... More
El Paso, May 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S., more details have emerged concerning the death of an 8-year-old migrant girl from Panama in the custody of Customs and Border Protection last week. ... More
Edmonton, May 23 (RHC)-- In Alberta, Canada, forecasters say rain and cooling temperatures should help firefighters bring a record-smashing spring wildfire season under control, after some 2.3 million acres burned. ... More
Bogota, May 23 (RHC)-- Colombia's Vice President Francia Marquez, who was recently on the African continent, visited Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia as part of the Africa 2022-2026 strategy, as envisaged in the National Development Plan.... More
Caracas, May 23 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed this Monday the enactment of the Law for the Protection of Assets, Rights and Interests of the Republic and its Entities Abroad.... More
London, May 23 (RHC)-- The National Union of Journalists has denounced CIA plans to kidnap and assassinate Julian Assange. Reports show that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, together with the State Department, had plans in motion to kidnap and kill the renowned political prisoner.... More
Beijing, May 23 (RHC)-- During the "Communication in the Global South" forum held at the University of Shanghai on Monday, representatives of public media such as Press TV, Russia Today (RT), China's CGTN, and teleSUR exchanged experiences on the challenges of alternative communication in countries where the U.S. and its allies maintain sanctions and blockades.... More
Panama City, May 22 (RHC)-- Judge Baloisa Marquinez is setting up the "New Business" hearing, in which former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) and 20 others will be tried for the purchase of a media publisher with public funds.... More
Beirut, May 22 (RHC)-- Bahrain plans to restore diplomatic relations with Lebanon, after severing ties in the fall of 2021 following critical comments made by a Lebanese minister of the Saudi-led war in Yemen. ... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- Hundreds gathered to pay respect to slain street performer Jordan Neely at his funeral over the weekend at the Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem. ... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- In New York City, hundreds of people led a march that shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, protesting soaring rent prices and demanding elected officials address the city’s worsening housing crisis. ... More
Mexico City, May 22 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he considered it a source of pride that Peru's de-facto government declared him persona non-grata for criticizing the coup regime.... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports a dozen asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa who arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos last month were rounded up and abandoned at sea, in a clear violation of Greek and international law. ... More
Bogota, May 22 (RHC)-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday the suspension of the bilateral ceasefire between the Government and the dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More
United Nations, May 22 (RHC)-- Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters have occurred from 1970 to 2021, and they have surged over that period.... More
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