United Nations, September 21 (RHC)-- The official opening ofthe 77th Sesion of the UN General Assembly in New York began with a dire warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. ... More
San Antonio, September 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a San Antonio-area sheriff has launched a criminal investigation into whether recruiters unlawfully tricked a group of 48 asylum seekers into boarding flights that took them to Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. ... More
Washington, September 21 (RHC)-- The Washington Post reports the Pentagon has ordered an internal review of the military’s use of clandestine psychological operations online, including the creation of fake social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. ... More
Paris, September 21 (RHC)-- In climate news, a new public database has found the world’s fossil fuel reserves contain enough carbon to exceed limits set by the Paris climate accord seven times over. ... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC)-- One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, more than 200 NGOs have warned, urging decisive international action to “end the spiralling global hunger crisis.”... More
Islamabad, September 21 (RHC)-- Water-borne diseases are a new concern in flood-ravaged Pakistan, with the authorities reporting at least nine such deaths in the last 24 hours, according to government data. All the deaths caused by diarrhoea, malaria and gastroenteritis were reported in the southeastern Sindh province where more than 300 people have died of flood-related ailments since July.... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC)-- In his speech at the 77th UN General Assembly, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed that during his government he has faced "the systematic corruption" of the left, in clear allusion to the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... More
Kampala, September 21 (RHC)-- An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the government and the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “We want to inform the country that we have an outbreak of Ebola, which we confirmed yesterday,” Diana Atwine, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, told a news conference on Tuesday.... More
The Hague, September 20 (RHC)-- The family of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has submitted an official complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to demand justice for her killing. Abu Akleh, who was with Al Jazeera for 25 years and known as the “voice of Palestine”, was shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces on May 11 while she was covering an army raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.... More
Washington, September 20 (RHC)-- The White House has denounced Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott for busing and flying asylum seekers to liberal states. This is White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.... More
Anchorage, September 20 (RHC)-- The governor of the U.S. state of Alaska has declared a state of emergency after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok brought a 1,000-mile-wide path of destruction to the state’s Pacific coastline. ... More
Sao Paulo, September 20 (RHC)-- Seven former presidential candidates from diverse political tendencies have called on Brazilians to support Workers' Party candidate Lula da Silva in the October 2nd elections, when far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election for the 2023-2027 term.... More
Washington, September 20 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden says "the pandemic is over," even though the country continues to contend with mounting coronavirus fatalities. Biden acknowledged the US still has a "problem" with the virus that has killed more than one million Americans.... More
London, September 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of dock workers at the Port of Liverpool have decided to go on a two-week strike in a dispute over pay and continuing industrial unrest after negotiations with their employer failed. ... More
New York, September 20 (RHC)-- The founders of Ben & Jerry’s say that the renowned ice cream maker’s parent company Unilever had violated the merger between the two companies, after it sold its business in Israel to a local licensee, avoiding restrictions on the sale of the socially conscious ice cream company’s products in the occupied West Bank.... More
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