Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- According to reports from Washington, DC, the U.S. defense sector hired dozens of former armed services committee and Department of Defense personnel last year, with more swinging through the so-called “revolving door” to lobby on behalf of defense sector clients for the first time in the first quarter of 2023, a new OpenSecrets analysis of federal lobbying disclosures found.... More
Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- About a year ago, a woman named Ana, who asked that her last name be withheld, gave birth to a baby boy named Israel. Ana was, as she put it in a recent phone call with Al Jazeera, “making it through hard times.” Living in a shelter in Los Angeles for women who had escaped abusive relationships, she struggled to find a job.... More
Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- New research into healthcare inequities in the United States shows higher mortality rates among Black communities resulted in a staggering 1.63 million excess deaths in the past two decades compared to the white population. ... More
Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has reacted to claims by his former boss in the White House, Donald Trump, that he maintains strong ties with high profile world leaders, insisting that they actually think he’s a "laughing fool.”... More
Quito, May 18 (RHC)-- Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) reported Wednesday that the deadline to call new legislative and presidential elections expires in seven days. The president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, said in a press conference that "as of tomorrow begins the seven-day term to make the call, that is, the term to call expires on May 24, 2023."... More
Providence, May 18 (RHC)-- A new report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University is estimating at least 4.5 million people have died as a consequence of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya and Somalia after the United States launched its so-called war on terror following the September 11 attacks. ... More
Budapest, May 17 (RHC) The Hungarian government will block within the European Union (EU) the delivery of more aid to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced Wednesday.... More
Washington, May 17 (RHC) According to a report available on Wednesday, billionaires in the United States donated record amounts in the 2022 midterm elections and their collective contributions to congressional candidates exceeded one billion dollars for the first time.... More
Nairobi, May 17 (RHC) With the discovery of 15 new corpses, there are now 226 deaths in a messianic sect whose leader urged them fast to meet Christ.... More
Moscow, May 17 (RHC) The governments of Russia and Iran signed on Wednesday an agreement to build the Rasht-Astara railway section, a ceremony attended by the presidents of both countries, Vladimir Putin and Ebrahim Raisi.... More
Quito, May 17 (RHC)-- Ecuador’s right-wing President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly, blocking efforts by lawmakers to impeach him amid accusations of corruption and embezzlement in a scheme involving a state-owned oil transportation company. ... More
Paris, May 17 (RHC)-- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 corruption and influence-peddling conviction. On Wednesday, the Paris Court of Appeals upheld a three-year prison sentence against Sarkozy, but it ruled that two years would be suspended and Sarkozy would wear an electronic bracelet instead of going to jail for the remaining year.... More
Tallahassee, May 17 (RHC)-- Florida’s education officials blocked dozens of textbooks and forced publishers to edit dozens of others to remove information on racial and social justice issues. ... More
Tehran, May 17 (RHC)-- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has denounced the Israeli regime's Western supporters' abetment in Tel Aviv's crimes against the oppressed Palestinian people. The chief executive made the remarks in a message issued on Tuesday on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe) Day.... More
Ramallah, May 17 (RHC)-- At least three Palestinians have sustained injuries when Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank city of Jenin and fired live rounds at local residents. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said one of the Palestinian victims was shot in the abdomen while the other two were struck in the extremities, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. They were transported to a hospital in the city, located 42 kilometers (26miles) north of Nablus, to receive medical treatment. ... More
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