Islamabad, September 5 (RHC)-- At least 25 more people have died overnight in Pakistan where rapidly melting glaciers have submerged more than a third of the South Asian nation. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday reported the deaths, pushing the total fatalities in the devastating floods since June to 1314, nearly a third of them (458) being children.... More
London, September 5 (RHC)-- British consumer price inflation is set to peak at 18 percent in early 2023 – nine times the Bank of England’s target, according to an economist at US bank Citi, raising his forecast once again in the light of the latest jump in energy prices.... More
United Nations, September 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations says the Israeli regime has demolished close to 9,000 Palestinian-owned structures since 2009, rendering thousands of Palestinians homeless. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) offered the grim data in a report, which was quoted by the Palestinian Information Center.... More
Washington, September 5 (RHC)-- Newly-revealed public records show the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressured Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. ... More
Santiago de Chile, September 5 (RHC)-- Chile has voted resoundingly to reject a proposed new Constitution that President Gabriel Boric argued would have ushered in a new progressive era, in a result that far exceeded the expectations of the conservative opposition.... More
Washington, September 5 (RHC)-- The number of sexual assaults reported by U.S. military service members rose by 13% last year. ... More
New York, September 4 (RHC)-- Google and Amazon workers in the United States are to launch a protest rally against a $1.2-billion deal with Israel.... More
Ramallah, September 4 (RHC)-- A 40-year-old Palestinian inmate has died as a result of deliberate medical negligence at an Israeli hospital, a Palestinian prisoners advocacy group says.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 4 (RHC)-- On Sunday, over 15.1 million Chileans are deciding whether to approve or reject the new Constitution. If the "I Approve" option prevails, the text will replace the Constitution drafted by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. If the "I Reject" option wins, the current Constitution will remain in force.... More
Washington, September 4 (RHC)-- The niece of a Palestinian American journalist who was shot dead by Israeli troops is demanding the Biden administration launch a formal independent investigation into her killing. ... More
San Juan, September 3 (RHC)-- The governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, has declared a state of emergency due to the increase in confirmed cases of Monkeypox in the country. The Executive Order signed by the governor became effective immediately and will be extended for 30 days.... More
Bogota, September 3 (RHC)-- Eight police officers have been killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia, President Gustavo Petro said, the deadliest attack on security forces since he took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60-year conflict.... More
La Paz, September 3 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) condemned "the terrorist attacks perpetrated in Venezuela against oil facilities and a medicine warehouse," ALBA-TCP executive secretary Sasha Llorenti said via Twitter.... More
Houston, September 3 (RHC)-- Federal and local officials are scrambling to locate close to a dozen unaccompanied migrant children, after Houston police raised concerns about dozens of migrant children reported missing in the Texas city since last year, according to US government officials and related emails reviewed by Reuters.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 2 (RHC)-- Electoral silence begins this Friday in Chile after the closing of campaigns by supporters and opponents of the new constitutional proposal, which will be submitted to a referendum next Sunday.... More
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