Washington, October 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. Army fell about 15,000 soldiers — or 25% — short of its recruitment goal this year, officials have confirmed, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist.... More
New York, October 4 (RHC)-- U.S. Federal prosecutors plan to call former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as a witness in the trial of Thomas Barrack, a one-time fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, on charges of unlawfully acting as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates, a court filing showed.... More
Ramallah, October 4 (RHC)-- There are more than 280 Palestinian prisoners who have been held in Israeli jails for over two decades now, says the Palestinian Detainees Affairs Commission. Out of that figure, at least 38 prisoners have been held for 25 years. And 25 inmates have been in Israeli prisons since before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA). The commission said 17 of the Palestinian prisoners have spent more than 30 years behind Israeli bars.... More
London, October 4 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Liz Truss has been forced to reverse plans to scrap the highest rate of income tax after the move caused rebellion among lawmakers and turmoil in the country's financial sector. Truss, and her new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, had announced a new "growth plan" on September 23rd that would give the wealthy tax cuts while forcing vast government borrowing to flip the UK's economy out of years of stagnant growth.... More
Miami, October 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, the death toll from Hurricane Ian has reached at least 100 and is continuing to grow amid a massive search and rescue effort in Florida. About half of the deaths occurred in Lee County, which waited until a day before the storm to issue a mandatory evacuation order.... More
Los Angeles, October 4 (RHC)-- Sacheen Littlefeather, an Indigenous U.S. civil rights activist who campaigned against the mistreatment of Native Americans in the movie industry, has died at the age of 75.... More
Caracas, October 3 (RHC)-- Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) has announced in a statement that "the return of the Dialogue Delegation (to Venezuela from Cuba) has been carried out with security and guarantees."... More
Ramallah, October 3 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has urged international protection for Palestinians following the latest fatal shooting of a young man by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, slamming the regime's policy of willful killing of Palestinian people.... More
Fort Myers, October 3 (RHC)-- Hurricane Ian’s death toll soared to at least 80 in the U.S. state of Florida, as rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins and authorities in South Carolina began assessing the damages caused from the calamity.... More
London, October 3 (RHC)-- Thousands of people across the UK have held rallies to protest against the rising cost of living and inflation. The "Enough is Enough" rallies, organized by worker unions and climate change activists, were held over the weeeknd in all major UK cities, including the capital London.... More
Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- Suicide is a serious public health problem among all age groups in the United States and has particularly increased among youth aged 10 to 34 in 2021 after two years of decline, according to the new U.S. report.... More
Boston, October 3 (RHC)-- American writer, academic and political analyst Noam Chomsky said imperial powers make errors like the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States was an error. Chomsky made the remarks in a recent interview where he commented on US imperialism, sanctions and the invasion of Afghanistan.... More
Mexico City, October 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Culture Minister Ernesto Villegas has called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to adopt measures to protect the cultural rights of peoples from the harmful impact of sanctions imposed by other countries.... More
Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives January 6 committee has interviewed far-right activist Ginni Thomas about her efforts to help Donald Trump overturn his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden. ... More
Brasilia, October 3 (RHC)-- The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil is finishing the count of votes of the elections held this Sunday in the South American country, and indicated that there will be a presidential runoff between the most voted candidates, being Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro.... More
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