Cairo, November 15 (RHC)-- Brazil's President-elect Lula da Silva traveled to Egypt to take part in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change -- COP27.  "Brazil, which was diplomatically isolated during the administration of the far-right, climate-sceptic President Jair Bolsonaro, has new hope," the French outlet Les Echos commented on the Workers' Party leader, adding that "Lula is expected in Egypt as if he were a star."... More


Cairo, November 15 (RHC)-- Rich European nations’ race to gain access to African natural gas reserves has raised concerns among climate activists at COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Egypt.... More


Tel Aviv, November 15 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman in Ramallah while injuring another young man amid an ongoing crackdown on Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.   According to Palestinian local sources, the young Palestinian woman was killed after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on her car in Beytuna town, west of Ramallah on Monday.   She was later identified as 19-year-old Sana Al-Tal.... More


Tehran, November 14 (RHC)-- Iran and Venezuela, both petroleum-rich OPEC members, have found solidarity in coordinated geopolitical, economic, and military maneuvers against shared common enemy the United States, which has subjected them to a regimen of economic sanctions for years.... More


Damascus, November 14 (RHC)-- U.S. occupation forces in Syria and their local Kurdish mercenary allies have reportedly looted another 94 tankers and trucks loaded with the country’s oil and wheat, illegally transporting them to neighboring Iraq.... More


Caracas, November 14 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Government has rejected the renewal, for one more year, of the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) against its country, considering that they are illegal and limit the population's access to medicines and food.... More


La Paz, November 14 (RHC)-- The President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, has approved a decree that sets the rules for the Population and Housing Census to be held on March 23, 2024.... More


Tel Aviv, November 14 (RHC)-- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former prime minister, was on Sunday officially tasked with forming a new government, paving the way for his comeback as the head of what is widely expected to be the most right-wing coalition in the country’s history.  Yet, the 73-year-old veteran politician promised to serve all Israelis, “those who voted for us and those who did not – it is my responsibility”.... More


Madrid, November 14 (RHC)-- Protesters in Spain’s capital have held a massive rally, warning against a government plan to overhaul regional primary care services, saying its impact on the local healthcare system would be destructive.... More


Berlin, November 14 (RHC)-- Thousands of people in Germany have held a massive demonstration in the capital Berlin, calling for food prices to be controlled and for the rich to pay higher taxes as Germany faces a cost of living crisis.  The Saturday demonstration came after a call by left-wing organizations that urged the German people to protest against soaring prices and rents.... More


London, November 13 (RHC)-- Food banks in the United Kingdom are coming under increasing pressure to help the poorest members of society as the soaring cost-of-living crisis puts more people in need while donations are declining.   Currently, food prices in Britain are soaring at an alarming rate, which has strained many elderly people's limited pension, according to Elaine, a London resident who goes to food banks for handouts on weekly basis.... More


Tel Aviv, November 13 (RHC)-- The Israeli police have opened an investigation into a sexual assault complaint filed by a woman against a high-ranking ultra-conservative rabbi in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil.... More


United Nations, November 13 (RHC)-- A United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) committee asks the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its advisory opinion on the Israeli regime's decades-old occupation of Palestinian territories.... More


La Paz, November 13 (RHC)-- The Central Obrera Departamental (COD) of Santa Cruz in Bolivia demanded this Saturday that the perpetrators of the aggressions against its headquarters be prosecuted by law while assuring that they were organized by the governor Luis Fernando Camacho.... More


Rome, November 13 (RHC)-- The world food import bill is expected to surpass $1.9 trillion in 2022, a 10 percent increase compared with last year’s record level, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.... More


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