Islamabad, September 17 (RHC)-- In Pakistan, waterborne and mosquito-borne diseases are surging after unprecedented monsoon rains and glacial melt left a third of the nation underwater. Doctors in the southern Sindh province report a big rise in cases of malaria; severe gastric infections; and more than 4,000 cases of dengue that have led to at least nine deaths.... More
Washington, September 17 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, a House congressional committee has uncovered documents revealing how oil company executives’ private actions contradicted their public promises to fight climate change. ... More
Caracas, September 16 (RHC)-- The 12 crew members who were authorized to leave Argentina after the Venezuelan plane was detained in that country arrived on Friday at the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía international airport in the state of La Guaira.... More
Berlin, September 16 (RHC)-- Stolen during the colonial era, dozens of bronzes that once decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria will go on show for one last time in Berlin from Saturday before repatriation to their original home.... More
Caracas, September 16 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the country has received an “advanced” oil tanker from Iran as part of a bilateral contract amid increasing cooperation between Tehran and Caracas in various fields. “We have just received a ship with the most advanced engineering and technology in the world,” Maduro said according to Venezuelan state TV. He said that the ship was manufactured by Iran upon Venezuela’s order.... More
Des Moines, September 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Iowa, a teenage girl who killed her rapist has been sentenced by an Iowa court to five years’ probation and ordered to pay his family $150,000. ... More
Rome, September 16 (RHC)-- Floodwaters triggered by heavy rainfall have swept through several towns in a hilly region of central-east Italy, leaving 10 people dead and several missing, according to state radio. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto rooftops or up trees to await rescue early on Friday.... More
Mexico City, September 16 (RHC)-- Mexican authorities have detained a retired army colonel and two other military officials for their alleged involvement in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, a senior government official said, as families continue to search for answers and accountability.... More
Stockholm, September 16 (RHC)-- In Sweden, four right-wing parties have agreed to form a new coalition government after winning a narrow majority in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The anti-immigrant far-right Sweden Democrats Party won 73 seats with more than 20% of the vote, becoming the second-largest party in Sweden’s parliament. ... More
New York, September 16 (RHC)-- A Louisiana woman who was barred from aborting a nonviable fetus in her home state has received an abortion in New York. ... More
Washington, September 16 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration says it will transfer $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan funds to a trust fund in Switzerland, which will use the money to help stabilize Afghanistan’s economy. ... More
New York, September 16 (RHC)-- A high-profile labour organiser in the United States has resigned from Starbucks, saying the company forced her out because of her union leadership. Jaz Brisack, a barista who helped lead the unionisation of a store in downtown Buffalo, New York, late last year, said on Wednesday that her last day at the company will be September 18.... More
Washington, September 16 (RHC)-- Two buses carrying migrants and asylum seekers have arrived near the home of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC, in what critics have denounced as an effort by Republicans to use migrants as “political pawns” ahead of midterm elections.... More
Brasilia, September 16 (RHC)-- Workers' Party (PT) leader Lula da Silva and other presidential candidates have harshly criticized the verbal assault on a journalist carried out by a Bolsonaro supporter.... More
New York, September 16 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump told his friends before the end of his tenure that he was afraid Iran would try to kill him in revenge for the assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, a new book reveals.... More
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