Brasilia, November 1 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) ordered on Monday that the government take immediate measures to clear the routes blocked by truckers who do not accept the defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro in the ballot held on Sunday.... More


New York, November 1 (RHC)-- Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweeted an article containing a conspiracy theory about the attack on United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul before deleting the post hours later.   Musk’s tweet linked to an article making unsubstantiated claims about Paul Pelosi’s personal life and the role it may have played in last week’s attack at the home he shares with his wife in San Francisco.... More


Damascus, November 1 (RHC)-- Newly-emerged satellite images show that Israeli-made Barak missile systems have been deployed in the United Arab Emirates, in a new sign of developing relations between Abu Dhabi and the regime in Tel Aviv two years after the two normalized their ties.... More


United Nations, November 1 (RHC)-- Russia has called on the United States to return all nuclear weapons stationed overseas to national territory to prevent escalation” of tensions.  Ambassador Anatoly Antonov urged Washington to “return all the nuclear weapons deployed overseas back to its national territory, eliminate overseas infrastructure for their storage and maintenance, and to abandon the practice of simulating the use of such weapons.”... More


Berlin, October 31 (RHC)-- Workers in Germany's metal and electronics industry have started a strike after pay talks stalled amid high inflation.  The first “warning strikes” in the metal and electrical industry, numbering some 3.8 million employees, started Saturday night after six weeks of unsuccessful talks and irreconcilable differences.... More


Ramallah, October 31 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed another Palestinian following a car-ramming operation that left five settlers injured near the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.  The Palestinian Information Center, quoting Israeli media, said following the Sunday attack the regime’s forces fatally shot the Palestinian man who was driving the car south of Jericho.... More


La Paz, October 31 (RHC)-- Bolivian police authorities reported Sunday that radical elements of the ultra-conservative Unión Juvenil Cruceñista (UJC) attempted to take over the Palmasola Storage Plant of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).... More


Asunción, October 31 (RHC)-- Paraguay's Ministry of Health has confirmed through the General Directorate of Health Surveillance the new positive case in the country of community-transmitted infection, as there was no history of travel or contact with a traveler.  ... More


London, October 31 (RHC)-- A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself.  The attacker, a white man in a striped top, drove up to the center in a white SEAT sports utility vehicle.  He got out and threw three Molotov cocktails, one of which did not go off, a photographer for the news agency said.... More


Brasilia, October 30 (RHC)-- The candidate for the Workers' Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is the president-elect of Brazil after the ballot held this Sunday, according to the results issued by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).  With almost 99 percent of the ballots counted, Lula obtained more than 50.7 percent of the votes cast.  ... More


Ramallah, October 30 (RHC)-- Four Israelis and a Palestinian have been wounded in a gun attack near an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) with the gunman reported shot dead by the occupying forces.... More


Brasilia, October 30 (RHC)-- As indicated by Brazilian regulations, at 17H00 (local time) the polling stations closed and the counting of votes began after the presidential runoff elections held this Sunday in that nation.   Only the centers where there are still voters in line waiting to exercise their right to vote will remain open.... More


Washington, October 30 (RHC)-- Progressive Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that the United States is "facing an environment of fascism" similar to the days of Jim Crow in the leadup to the 2022 midterms which Democrats are likely to lose to Republicans.... More


Brasilia, October 30 (RHC)-- A few hours before the conclusion of the Brazilian runoff on Sunday, democratic social and political forces denounced events that could be hindering the electoral process.  In response to the complaints, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) asked the Federal Highway Police (PRF) for explanations for carrying out operations that are hindering the free movement of citizens.... More


Brussels, October 30 (RHC)--  In an open letter, published over the weekend, five former European ministers have labeled Israel’s policies against Palestinians as “a crime of apartheid,” amid the ongoing killings and violence perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people.... More


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