Managua, November 19 (RHC)-- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has offered China the proposal to construct an interoceanic canal through the Central American country, this time with a new route. Instead of crossing the Great Lake, or Lake Cocibolca, the canal would pass through Lake Xolotlan, also known as Lake Managua.... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- U.S. senators will vote Wednesday on whether the U.S. should halt $20 billion of arms sales to Israel. Bernie Sanders introduced the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval as the Biden administration has continued to violate U.S. laws that prohibit the transfer of weapons to governments committing human rights violations.... More
Gaza City, November 19 (RHC)-- In northern Gaza, at least 17 Palestinians were killed when Israel’s military bombed a home near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. The dead were members of the family of Dr. Hani Badran, one of the few remaining medical workers at Kamal Adwan. ... More
United Nations, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ special coordinator for the Middle East peace process has warned the Security Council that conditions in Gaza are “among the worst we’ve seen during the entire war and are not set to improve.” ... More
Beirut, November 19 (RHC)-- Israeli strikes on densely populated central Beirut have killed at least five people in the third attack in two days in the middle of Lebanon’s capital, the Ministry of Public Health says. “The Israeli enemy strike on Zuqaq al-Blat in Beirut killed five people and injured 24,” a ministry statement said about Monday’s attack.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 19 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, while also stressing the need for cooperation on climate change, poverty reduction, and taxing the ultrarich.... More
Caracas, November 19 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has endorsed the Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, after the approach of the Brazilian president Lula da Silva at the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, which takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro.... More
Baku, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has entered its second and final week. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., more details have emerged about a sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host picked by Donald Trump to become defense secretary. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, House Republicans are attempting once again to ram through H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow Trump and future presidents to effectively shut down nonprofits by labeling them a “terrorist-supporting organization.” ... More
el Aviv, November 19 (RHC)--An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian journalist Rasha Herzallah to six months in prison and fined her 13,000 shekels ($3,300), as the regime continues its vicious attacks on press freedom, including the targeting of media professionals, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- As world leaders are gathering in Brazil for the G20 summit, Indigenous protesters in Rio de Janeiro took giant cutouts of U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders and sank them in the water to demand more action on the climate crisis. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- The Rio de Janeiro Summit brings together the heads of state of the world’s largest economies. On Monday, Presidents Lula da Silva (Brazil) and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Egypt) emphasized their shared opposition to “any attempt to undermine the Palestinian cause” and reaffirmed their support for the two-state solution as the only resolution to the Middle East conflict.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the Group of 20 Summit in Brazil by unveiling a global alliance aimed at tackling poverty and hunger.... More
Tehran, November 18 (RHC)--Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has taken a swipe at the United Kingdom for its denial of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, saying such an “outrageous” stance makes London complicit in the Israeli regime's crimes.... More
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