La Paz, January 4 (RHC)-- The Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Government and the Bolivian Attorney General's Office filed an appeal on Tuesday with the aim of requesting the extension of the preventive detention of the governor of Santa Cruz, the right-wing Luis Fernando Camacho from four to six months in prison.... More
Jerusalem, January 4 (RHC)-- Palestinians have condemned a visit by Israel’s newly installed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. It was Ben-Gvir’s first public act since he was sworn in last week to the most far-right government in Israel’s history. ... More
London, January 4 (RHC)-- Railway workers across the UK have launched strikes, accusing the government of blocking rail operators from offering an acceptable proposal on job security, pay and working conditions. Many workers find themselves unable to make ends meet as surging inflation and 10 years of stagnant wage growth batter them and their families.... More
Washington, January 4 (RHC)-- U.S. congressional representatives were sworn-in on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Among the new congressmembers is Republican George Santos of New York, who’s facing mounting outrage and several investigations after he admitted he lied about his work, education and family history on his résumé and campaign platform. Federal and state investigations have now been launched against Santos. ... More
Lima, January 4 (RHC)-- The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called a mobilization for this Wednesday against the government of President-designate Dina Boluarte and to demand the closure of Congress, as well as in support of those who will carry out an indefinite strike in several regions of the country.... More
Washington, January 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. Defense Department has awarded a $7.8 billion contract modification for F-35 aircraft to Lockheed Martin Corp. "This modification adds scope to procure 127 F-35 Lot 16 aircraft," the Pentagon said in a statement issued in Washington, DC.... More
Paris, January 3 (RHC)-- Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform,” said the Paris-based media rights campaigners.... More
Vatican City, January 3 (RHC)-- At the Vatican, tens of thousands of people have paid final respects to Pope Benedict as he lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica. Benedict died on Saturday at the age of 95. ... More
Brasilia, January 3 (RHC)-- The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, attended on Monday a ceremony to hand over the building of the Venezuelan Embassy, which had remained closed since the illegal break-in of a group of supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaidó in 2019.... More
Brasilia, January 3 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended the funeral of soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, on Tuesday in the port city of Santos. Lula on Monday sent a wreath in Pele's honor. "Our most sincere homage to the great Brazilian, our king Pelé," the president wrote in a card.... More
La Paz, January 3 (RHC)-- Violent groups of the so-called Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC), linked to the governor of the department of Santa Cruz, Fernando Camacho, attacked again on Monday night the Police Command of the city of Santa Cruz.... More
Brasilia, January 3 (RHC)-- The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, reported Monday that during the day he had meetings with some 17 international delegations that came to the country to participate in the inauguration ceremony, held the day before.... More
Brasilia, January 2 (RHC)-- Brazilians began on Monday to bid farewell to their greatest soccer idol, Pele, in a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of Santos, the team where he forged much of his legend. Thousands of people, some arriving from other Brazilian cities, lined up early in the morning outside the Vila Belmiro Stadium to bid farewell to the star, who died last Thursday at the age of 82, reported AFP.... More
Brasilia, January 2 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revoked more than a dozen decrees signed during the government of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, in one of his first acts after taking office as Brazilian President.... More
Mexico City, January 2 (RHC)-- Gunmen have attacked a Mexican prison in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, leaving at least 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, according to state officials.... More
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