Tel Aviv, February 3 (RHC)-- Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened Palestinians with execution by the "electric chair" following the latest round of violence by regime forces across the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Brasilia, February 3 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has affirmed that his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro actively participated in planning for his supporters to storm government offices on January 8th, as a senator revealed the former far-right president attended an anti-election plot meeting.... More
Lima, February 3 (RHC)-- The Peruvian Congress has voted down another proposal to bring forward elections to 2023, a day after a similar bid was turned down amid nationwide protests that are shaking the country’s economy.... More
Brasilia, February 3 (RHC)-- In Brazil, center-right Senator Marcos Do Val said that former President Jair Bolsonaro tried to convince him to stage a coup to prevent Lula da Silva from becoming president of Brazil.... More
Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- A Guantanamo Bay prison detainee who endured torture in CIA custody has been transferred to Belize nearly a year after finishing his sentence at the U.S.-run detention facility. The Pentagon announced on Thursday that Majid Khan was freed, bringing the number of prisoners at Guantanamo to 34, including 20 who are eligible for transfer.... More
London, February 2 (RHC)-- In Britain, half a million teachers, civil servants and train drivers joined a nationwide strike Wednesday, forcing schools to shut down and halting rail service. It was the largest such work stoppage in a generation and comes on the heels of a historic nurses’ strike last month. ... More
Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the College Board has revised its curriculum for an Advanced Placement African American studies course just weeks after Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis threatened to ban the class in Florida schools. ... More
Manila, February 2 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has reached an agreement with the Philippines to give the United States access to four more military bases in the former U.S. colony. This will allow the U.S. greater access to the South China Sea and Taiwan as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing. ... More
London, February 2 (RHC)-- More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta region have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court.... More
Atlanta, February 2 (RHC)-- Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced that the highly contested $90 million police training facility known as “Cop City” is moving forward, despite growing opposition and the police killing of a forest defender last month. ... More
London, February 2 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom faces the bleakest two years of any major industrial nation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted, and is on course to become the only Group of Seven (G7) country whose economy will shrink this year.... More
Sacamento, February 2 (RHC)-- Six western states in the U.S. that rely on the Colorado River for their water supply have agreed to drastically cut water use in response to the federal government’s call for a concerted plan to conserve water amid looming, and possibly catastrophic, critical shortages. ... More
Miami, February 2 (RHC)-- Ron DeSantis, the governor of the U.S. state of Florida, has announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as critical race theory (CRT).... More
Lima, February 2 (RHC)-- Peru’s Congress has rejected a proposal to move elections forward to December 2023, despite nearly two months of protests that have left dozens dead following the removal of former President Pedro Castillo.... More
Gaza City, February 2 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has launched air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip, as fears over escalating violence continue in the region. The attacks early on Thursday come in the wake of a deadly Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin last week.... More
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