Atlanta, February 20 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered Hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, turning down any more medical treatment after a recent series of hospitalizations. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. ... More
Orlando, February 20 (RHC)-- The Walt Disney Company said it will be reorganizing into three divisions: Entertainment, ESPN and parks and experiences. According to the company, Disney will slash 7,000 jobs from its workforce and plans to cut $5.5 billion in costs, including $3 billion in content savings.... More
Seattle, February 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a federal judge issued a nationwide order barring Starbucks from firing union organizers -- a ruling that affirmed a long-established law which workers say the coffee chain has violated hundreds of times since unionizing efforts were first launched in Buffalo, New York in 2021.... More
Mexico City, February 19 (RHC)-- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed the decree declaring that lithium is property of the nation and its exploitation will be the exclusive power of the Mexican Government. The decree establishes that 234,850 hectares will be considered as lithium reserves in the state of Sonora, northern Mexico.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 19 (RHC)-- Chilean Interior Minister Carolina Tohá has confirmed that forest fires were reactivated with force in the last hours in the regions of Biobío and La Araucanía in the south of the country.... More
Lima, February 19 (RHC)-- The Peruvian capital, Lima, was the scene this weekend of new mobilizations against the government of President-designate Dina Boluarte, while social organizations denounced several attacks with tear gas bombs against demonstrators to prevent them from expressing themselves in spaces that have hosted the protests that began on December 7th.... More
Addis Ababa, February 19 (RHC)-- The Israeli Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for Africa, Sharon Bar-Li, was expelled on Saturday from the 36th session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government.... More
Damascus, February 19 (RHC)-- The recent earthquakes affecting Turkey and Syria tore a 300 km rupture through Earth’s surface. Reuters news agency has documented how the ground in Turkey and northern Syria was cracked open and dragged in different directions after the huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6th and its aftershocks.... More
Damascus, February 19 (RHC)-- At least five people were killed and 15 others wounded by an Israeli missile attack on Saturday against the residential neighborhood of Kafersousah, in the Syrian capital.... More
Rio de Janeiro, February 19 (RHC)-- The samba was playing, revelers were dancing and throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, parties and pageantry filled the streets. This weekend marked the official opening of Brazil’s Carnival festivities, which run through February 22nd, and this year’s events signal a return to the full-fledged celebrations not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Ankara, February 18 (RHC)-- Twelve days after a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, more than 46,000 people have died and more than 84,000 buildings have either been severely damaged, need urgent demolition, or collapsed, according to officials.... More
New York, February 18 (RHC)-- Several employees at a United States Tesla factory in Buffalo, New York were fired a day after launching union-organizing efforts, according to the local labor group Tesla Workers United (TWU).... More
Addis Ababa, February 18 (RHC)-- African leaders are meeting in Addis Ababa for an annual summit aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent’s most pressing challenges, which include armed conflict and a worsening food crisis.... More
Mexico City, February 18 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) declared that he does not intend to hand over the pro-tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte.... More
Sofia, February 18 (RHC)-- At least 18 people have been found dead in Bulgaria in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, officials said. The truck was transporting timber and carrying refugees and migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement on Friday.... More
More Views
- Chicago police arrest protesters at Israeli consulate during Democratic Convention
- Nicaragua denounces interference by the United States through the NED and USAID
- Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accuse Ukraine of supporting terrorism in the Sahel
- Venezuelan Supreme Court Electoral Chamber certifies victory of Nicolás Maduro
- Israeli strike kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza, death toll rises to 170
