London, September 15 (RHC)-- The police killing of a Black man – 24-year-old father and aspiring rapper Chris Kaba – has reignited a national conversation about racism within the British police force and stirred fears among the country’s Black communities.... More
Guatemala City, September 15 (RHC)-- A report by the Consortium for Sexual and Reproductive Rights platform revealed today over 8 100 cases of sexual violence against indigenous women in the country so far this year. The organization's report, entitled "Situation of indigenous and trans indigenous women in the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights," reflects the demands of Guatemalan indigenous women to guarantee their right to reproductive and ancestral sexual health.... More
Washington, September 15 (RHC)-- The U.S. was the highest military spender in 2021, with 801 billion U.S. dollars dedicated to the military, equivalent to 30% of the total military spending worldwide that year (2.1 trillion U$D). And now the U.S. has approved potential sales of $1.1 billion worth of arms to Taiwan amid heightened tensions with Beijing. In essence, the U.S. government is the world's largest arms dealer with all the responsibility that it entails. ... More
Quito, September 15 (RHC)-- On Tuesday, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso met Gen. Laura Richardson, the commander of U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom). She arrived in Quito to participate this week in the Regional Defense Conference (SouthDec).... More
Ramallah, September 15 (RHC)-- A prisoners’ advocacy group says the Israeli regime has detained more than 135,000 Palestinians since the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Prisoners Affairs Commission (PAC) said that some 20,000 children and 2,500 women had also been among those detained by Israeli forces during that span of time.... More
New York, September 15 (RHC)-- More than one thousand New York Times staffers have been refusing to return to the office and threatening to go on a strike if the company rejects its workers' demands.... More
Ramallah, September 14 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has warned that the intensified Israeli military crackdown in the occupied territories will inevitably push the West Bank to the verge of a major explosion, arguing that Israeli factions are fueling the violence for the sake of their own political interests.... More
New York, September 14 (RHC)-- Shareholders at Twitter have approved Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the company, effectively leaving the deal’s outcome up to a looming court battle over the billionaire’s purchase of the social media... More
New York, September 14 (RHC)-- U.S. freight railroads have reduced service and Amtrak has canceled trips on three long-distance routes, as more than 110,000 rail workers threaten to go on strike this week to protest deteriorating working conditions. ... More
San Francisco, September 14 (RHC)-- Public health officials are warning of worsening air quality across much of western North America, as fire season heats up amid a historic drought. ... More
United Nations, September 14 (RHC)-- The number of people trapped in forced labor or forced marriage and other crises has swelled by a fifth in recent years to about 50 million on any given day, according to the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO).... More
London, September 14 (RHC)-- Forty-seven-year-old Truss served as Boris Johnson’s foreign secretary, establishing a reputation for speaking off the cuff and for being uber-hawkish vis-à-vis the war in Ukraine. In the first week of the war, she publicly voiced her support for British citizens choosing to go and fight on behalf of Ukraine. ... More
New York, September 14 (RHC)-- Violent crime continues to rise in major American cities and remains dramatically higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey. Overall violent crime spiked 4.2% from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2022, compared to the same period last year, shows a midyear survey of large law enforcement agencies published by Axios over the weekend.... More
London, September 14 (RHC)-- The anti-monarchy chorus is growing louder in the United Kingdom with a spate of arrests by security agencies in recent days drawing condemnation from the country’s civil liberties campaigners.... More
Islamabad, September 14 (RHC)-- The death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has crossed 1,400, as forecast of more rains in parts of the worst-affected southern Sindh province are causing fears of more flooding.... More
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