Caracas, October 13 (RHC)-- The number of people killed in the landslide in the town of Las Tejerías, in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, increased to 43, according to President Nicolas Maduro.... More
Caracas, October 13 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has rejected the order issued by the judge of the District of Delaware, Leonard Stark, on a "purported judicial sale" of the shares of the state-owned company Citgo Petroleum belonging to Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).... More
Lagos, October 13 (RHC)-- At least 500 people have been killed and thousands of others displaced as a result of floods in Nigeria since the start of the rainy season this year in what has been described as the worst floods to hit the African country in years.... More
San Antonio, October 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state off Texas, the police officer who shot 17-year-old Erik Cantu as he was eating in a McDonald’s parking lot last week has turned himself in to face aggravated assault charges. ... More
Port-au-Prince, October 13 (RHC)-- In Haiti, citizens in the city of Gonaives looted buildings owned by Defense Minister Enold Joseph. Previously, local journalists reported incidents at properties belonging to high-ranking officials such as Andre Michel, Marjorie Michel, Edmonde a Beauzile, and Rocardin St. Jean.... More
United Nations, October 12 (RHC)-- An Iranian diplomat has once again warned that weapons of mass destruction are an existential threat to humanity, saying the international community should address traditional and non-traditional security concerns in cyberspace and outer space. ... More
Brasilia, October 12 (RHC)-- The Episcopate of Brazil, in an open letter published this week, "vehemently" condemned the use of religion as a weapon in the electoral campaign prior to the second presidential round to be held on October 30th.... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its global growth forecast for 2023 as economic pressures collide, from the war in Ukraine, high energy and food prices, and sharply higher interest rates.... More
Montgomery, October 12 (RHC)-- Authorities found children as young as 13 working at a Korean-operated parts supplier to automakers Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Corp, and have fined the company and a labor recruiter, the US Department of Labor and the Alabama Department of Labor reports.... More
New York, October 12 (RHC)-- In U.S. labor news, unionized railroad maintenance and construction workers have rejected a tentative deal with railroad carriers, renewing the possibility of a nationwide strike. ... More
Bangkok, October 12 (RHC)-- In Thailand, families of the victims of last week’s massacre at a child care center gathered at Buddhist temples this morning to mark the end of three days of funeral ceremonies honoring their loved ones. ... More
Port-au-Prince, October 12 (RJC)-- In Haiti, several people were shot — at least one of them fatally — after police fired tear gas on thousands of protesters who took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince. Protesters demanded the resignation of the U.S.-backed Prime Minister Ariel Henry and called on the government to reverse its decision to seek foreign military assistance. ... More
Wellington, October 12 (RHC)-- An estimated 240 pilot whales that became stranded on remote Pitt Island in the Pacific Ocean are now dead, just days after 215 whales died after becoming beached on nearby Chatham Island, New Zealand’s conservation office has said.... More
Ramallah, October 12 (RHC)-- Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has censured the brutal killing of dozens of kids and minors by the occupying Israeli regime since the start of the year, calling on the United Nations to provide special protection for Palestinian children amid heightened tensions in the occupied territories.... More
Brasilia, October 12 (RHC)-- The Brazilian media outlet Folha de Sao Paulo has published information showing that the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) found evidence of fraud for some U$D $192 million in contracts from the Sao Francisco & Parnaiba Valley Development Company (CODEVASF).... More
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