Los Angeles, September 12 (RHC)-- A tropical storm off the Pacific Coast brought cooler temperatures and much needed rain to Southern California on Saturday, ending a scorching heat wave and easing fears that a massive wildfire could threaten more residents.... More
Damascus, September 12 (RHC)-- Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has censured the United Nations for failing to help the victims of terrorism, saying his country deserves international support and the removal of US-led economic sanctions.... More
London, September 12 (RHC)-- Public health experts are hailing a new malaria vaccine after it showed 80% efficacy at preventing the disease in a clinical trial of children in Burkina Faso. The vaccine was produced by researchers at the University of Oxford, who published their results in the British medical journal The Lancet this week. ... More
London, September 12 (RHC)-- Thousands of activists around the world have taken part in the Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action against the German sportswear company over its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which operates in Israeli settlements.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 12 (RHC)-- On Sunday, remembering President Salvador Allende and anticipating the work to be carried out on human rights and on the 1,192 detainees who disappeared during the dictatorship, President Gabriel Boric began a day of commemoration and reflection 49 years after the coup d'état in Chile.... More
London, September 11 (RHC)-- Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, announced she is lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — that’s been in effect since 2019. Truss said it’s part of a larger plan to increase domestic oil and gas development, aimed at lowering energy costs across the U.K.... More
La Paz, September 11 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Government announced the creation of the General Directorate for the Protection of Indigenous Nations and Peoples (DIGEPIO) following the enactment of Supreme Decree 4793.... More
London, September 11 (RHC)-- Calls for an end to the British monarchy are gaining momentum following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch. The Republic, one of the supporters of the sentiment and the main anti-monarchy group, wants to see the monarchy abolished and the Queen replaced with an elected, democratic head of state.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 11 (RHC)-- The world remembers September 11, 1973 -- 49 years ago -- when the constitutionally-elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende, was overthrown in the military coup by General Augusto Pinochet. The coup was supported by the U.S. administration of Richard M. Nixon and the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA.... More
Damascus, September 11 (RHC)-- The United States has smuggled a new batch of stolen Syrian oil into Iraq, continuing to plunder Syria’s natural resources through a number of illegal border crossings.... More
Quito, September 11 (RHC)-- Leonidas Iza, leader of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE), spoke with reporters, saying that "not much progress has been made on the oil and mining issues".... More
Islamabad, September 10 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is visiting flood-ravaged Pakistan, says he has “never seen climate carnage” on such a scale, blaming wealthier countries for contributing to the devastation.... More
Sanaa, September 10 (RHC)-- In Yemen, some four million women and children are suffering from malnutrition due to the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country, a human rights organization has said.... More
Nablus, September 10 (RHC)--At least 37 Palestinian protesters have been injured when Israeli regime forces attacked the town of Beita and the village of Beit Dajan in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus. The Palestinian Red Crescent on Friday confirmed the occupation forces injured the Palestinians participating in the weekly peaceful protests against the regime.... More
Washington, September 10 (RHC)--Hundreds of climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand lawmakers reject changes to how the federal government grants permits for oil and gas projects. ... More
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