N'Djamena, September 7 (RHC)-- Chad’s heaviest seasonal rainfall in more than 30 years has left parts of the capital N’Djamena navigable only by boat and forced thousands to flee their flooded homes over the past month, according to aid groups and the state weather agency.... More


New York, September 7 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been indicted in a new criminal case in New York, and is expected to turn himself in on Thursday, The Washington Post newspaper has reported.   In a statement released to reporters, Bannon pledged to fight what he called the “phony charges” which he claimed were politically motivated.... More


Beirut, September 7 (RHC)-- Activists and relatives of Lebanese and Syrian migrants and refugees stranded on board a sinking boat near the island of Malta have said that a third child has died on the vessel, and that they have lost contact with it.... More


Ramallah, September 7 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian man during a raid on the northern occupied West Bank governorate of Tubas.  The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as 20-year-old Younis Ghassan Tayeh, and said he had been killed after being shot in the chest on Wednesday in the al-Faraa refugee camp, a few kilometers south of Tubas city.... More


Beijing, September 7 (RHC)-- China has condemned the United States for carrying out “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks against it and stealing troves of sensitive data in recent years.  In a report on Monday, China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) said the US National Security Agency (NSA) had conducted “tens of thousands of malicious attacks on network targets in China in recent years.”... More


Atlanta, September 7 (RHC)-- Ten million Black women in the U.S. face high barriers to abortion access, that will be difficult to overcome for many.  In the weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an abortion desert has ballooned in the U.S. South, where bans are hitting Black women hardest.... More


Brussels, September 7 (RHC)-- Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields of certain crops, a European Union agency has said.... More


London, September 6 (RHC)-- As millions of people in Britain face the prospect of escalating bills, Keith Baker, a research fellow in fuel poverty and energy policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, warned the country could face its worst peacetime crisis since the General Strike of 1926.... More


Beijing, September 6 (RHC)-- The powerful earthquake that triggered landslides and flattened buildings in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has killed at least 65 people as rescue efforts continue in full swing.... More


New York, September 6 (RHC)-- A conservative, dark money group that’s pushed a far-right agenda in the U.S. judiciary received $1.6 billion in funding last year from an obscure Republican donor — the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history. ... More


Ramallah, September 6 (RHC)-- Palestinian officials, human rights campaigners, and the family of Shireen Abu Akleh have criticized the Israeli military investigation, which said there is a “high possibility” that the Al Jazeera journalist was “accidentally hit” by an Israeli soldier.... More


Sao Paulo, September 5 (RHC)-- At a meeting held in Sao Paulo on Monday, Presidential candidate Lula da Silva promised Bolivian President Luis Arce to intercede before the Brazilian Congress to speed up the Andean country's entry as a full member of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR).... More


Lima, September 5 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Castillo presented himself at the Attorney General's Office to testify in three out of six cases of alleged corruption opened against him.... More


London, September 5 (RHC)-- Britain’s former foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest, gaining the parliamentary majority to become the country’s next prime minister and replacing Boris Johnson, who was forced to resign after a series of scandals.... More


Caracas, September 5 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Faria affirmed that the U.S. government seeks to establish relations with Venezuela without dismantling the sanctions regime that Washington applies to the Bolivarian revolution.... More


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