Bentonville, August 17 (RHC)-- Walmart has slightly raised its annual profit forecast, partially reversing a significant decrease from less than a month earlier, as discounts to remove excess inventory and reduced petrol prices helped the mega-retailer surpass quarterly sales projections.... More
Phoenix, August 17 (RHC)-- For the second year in a row, the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the Western United States endures an extreme drought, federal officials have announced.... More
Washington, August 17 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has ruled out releasing roughly $7 billion in foreign assets held by Afghanistan’s central bank on U.S. soil. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports Biden’s decision not to return the funds came after he ordered the assassination of al-Qaeda’s leader in Kabul. ... More
Sacramento, August 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, thousands of unionized mental healthcare providers in multiple cities have gone on strike, demanding the country’s largest nonprofit healthcare organization provide better care to people who desperately need services. ... More
Washington, August 17 (RHC)-- The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee have made a joint request for lawmakers to be allowed to see the classified documents seized last week by the FBI during its raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Marco Rubio made the request to the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ... More
Hamburg, August 17 (RHC)--In Germany, police used batons, pepper spray and water cannons to attack about 150 climate justice advocates, who staged a nonviolent sit-in protest on a rail supply line leading to the harbor in Hamburg. ... More
Geneva, August 17 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has invited the public to find a new name for Monkeypox, calling for help in coming up with a less stigmatizing designation for the fast-spreading disease amid concerns about the name.... More
New York, August 16 (RHC)-- Starbucks is appealing to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to temporarily suspend all union elections at its United States stores after accusing the agency of interfering with and influencing election results at some of its café locations.... More
Atlanta, August 16 (RHC)-- Prosecutors in the U.S. state of Georgia told lawyers for Rudy Giuliani that he is a target of their criminal investigation into possible interference by former President Donald Trump and others in the results of the 2020 presidential election, a Giuliani lawyer has said.... More
Tehran, August 16 (RHC)-- The Iranian government has called on Argentina to release the crew of a Venezuelan plane, presently in Argentinean territory. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman requested that the seven people detained, including the pilot of the plane, be allowed to leave the country.... More
Brasilia, August 16 (RHC)-- Brazil’s former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a double-digit lead over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, a new poll has shown, as the country’s tightly contested presidential election campaign officially kicks off.... More
Nassau, August 16 (RHC)-- Issues related to climate change, mitigation, adaptation and support, among others linked to the challenges and needs of the Caribbean island states, are being discussed from Tuesday at the First Regional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which meets in the capital of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Nassau.... More
Brasilia, August 16 (RHC)-- Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara -- one of the world's 100 most influential personalities according to Time magazine -- said that she will seek a seat in Congress to put an end to the project of environmental destruction promoted by President Jair Bolsonaro and the Brazilian right.... More
Boise, August 16 (RHC)-- Idaho’s Supreme Court has signed off on a law outlawing nearly all forms of abortion. Justices in the U.S. state rejected lawsuits filed by abortion care providers who sought to stop Idaho’s so-called trigger law from taking effect later this month.... More
Washington, August 16 (RHC)-- A group of journalists and lawyers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. intelligence agency, CIA, and its former director Mike Pompeo, saying the agency spied on them when they visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his stay in Ecuador's embassy in London.... More
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