Beijing, March 1 (RHC)-- China has criticized the United States for its role in the war in Ukraine.  A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said: “While the United States has intensified its efforts to send weapons to one of the conflicting parties, resulting in endless wars and no end in sight for peace, it has frequently spread false information about China’s supply of weapons to Russia.”... More


Ankara, March 1 (RHC)-- In Turkey, at least one person was killed when another earthquake shook the country’s southeast region.  Twenty-nine buildings collapsed in the tremor, which came three weeks after a devastating pair of quakes killed over 50,000 in Turkey and Syria. ... More


Mexico City, March 1 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rebuked a statement from Washington that appeared to criticize an electoral reform law in his country, accusing the United States of meddling in the affairs of its neighbor.... More


Brasilia, March 1 (RHC)--- In Brazil, Judge Alexandre de Moraes has decided that the Federal Supreme Court (STF) will try the military and police involved in the attempted coup that occurred on January 8th.... More


Athens, March 1 (RHC)-- At least 36 people have been killed and dozens injured after a head-on collision between a passenger and cargo train in Greece.  The crash took place outside the central city of Larissa late on Tuesday when a passenger train heading from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train travelling from Thessaloniki leaving three cars in flames.... More


Bogota, March 1 (RHC)-- The Colombian Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced that it will reopen its consulates in Caracas, Maracaibo, Tachira, and San Cristobal in Venezuela within a maximum of four months.... More


Islamabad, March 1 (RHC)-- Pakistani authorities have launched an investigation to find alleged traffickers after a boat carrying nearly 200 people – 20 of them Pakistanis – drowned near the southern Italian coast, killing at least 63.  Sixteen Pakistanis survived the shipwreck, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on Monday, while four others are still missing.  A search operation is continuing.... More


London, March 1 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of teachers across England and Wales are taking part in three days of industrial actions this week in the long-running dispute over pay, resulting in the closure of schools.... More


Cairo, February 28 (RHC)-- The Arab League holds the far-right Israeli administration led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fully responsible for the systematic crimes committed by extremist settlers, after they went on a violent rampage in the West Bank. ... More


San Salvador, February 28 (RHC)-- In El Salvador, human rights advocates are condemning the transfer of some 2,000 suspected gang members to a newly opened mega-prison as part of an ongoing crackdown by President Nayib Bukele. ... More


Havana, Feb 28 (RHC) The Rescue Coordination Center of the Calabrian province of Crotone, in Italy, announced Tuesday that 63 migrants have died after a shipwreck that occurred last Sunday, and could reach 100 dead.... More


Havana, Feb 28 (RHC) The way to strengthen military cooperation was one of the topics discussed by a Russian delegation visiting Algiers and the army chiefs of that country, an official source reported today.... More


Pierre, February 28 (RHC)-- As many Native Americans marked the 50th anniversary this week of the militant occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, participants in the 1973 uprising and other activists linked the deadly revolt to modern-day Indigenous resistance, from Standing Rock to the #LandBack movement.... More


Mexico City, February 28 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has hit out at his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, describing her as a “puppet” of oligarchs in the latest escalation of tensions between the two countries.... More


United Nations, February 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations has called for $4.3 billion to help millions of people in Yemen, where an eight-year war has left millions in urgent need of urgent aid.  The appeal on Monday comes before a donors’ conference, with UN officials warning that “record global humanitarian needs are stretching donor support like never before”.... More


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