Birmingham, August 13 (RHC)-- The Alabama Department of Archives and History is beginning the process of returning the remains of Native Americans and their funerary objects held in its archives. The department also announced that it had removed Native American funerary objects from displays where the artefacts had sat for years, viewed by school groups and other visitors.... More
London, August 13 (RHC)-- The British economy contracted in the second quarter of the year, according to official figures, with the country swiftly heading towards recession under a yet-to-be-selected new premier next month by the ruling Conservative Party.... More
United Nations, August 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ humanitarian projects face a record funding gap this year, with only a third of the required $48.7 billion secured so far as global needs outpace pledges, according to the world body’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).... More
Caracas, August 13 (RHC)-- The American Coordinator for the Rights of Peoples and Victims of Prison (CADPH) expressed its repudiation and concern about the retention in Argentina of the plane of the Venezuelan company EMTRASUR and its crew.... More
Mexico City, August 13 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday deplored a clash between criminal groups that led to attacks on civilians and left 11 people dead. "This has never happened before and I hope it never happens again, because the innocent civilian population was attacked as a kind of retaliation," the president said during his daily press conference.... More
United Nations, August 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it recently registered the one millionth person displaced by Somalia’s devastating drought, which has led to widespread crop failure and the death of livestock since January 2021. ... More
Brasilia, August 12 (RHC)-- Brazilian police have arrested another five people linked to the June murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights advocate Bruno Pereira. ... More
Damascus, August 12 (RHC)-- Shelling by the Israeli regime has injured two civilians in Syria’s southern province of Quneitra near the occupied Golan Heights. “Two civilians were wounded when a tank belonging to the Israeli occupation forces fired two shells near the village of Hamidiya,” SANA news agency reported on Friday.... More
Colombus, August 12 (RHC)-- In Ohio, a man wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle fired a nail gun into an FBI field office in Cincinnati on Thursday, prompting a gun battle, chase and armed standoff that ended hours later when the gunman was shot dead by police in a cornfield. ... More
Atlanta, August 12 (RHC)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has further relaxed its guidelines on COVID-19. The CDC’s new recommendations shift the onus to individuals — rather than public health measures — to reduce the risks of catching the disease. ... More
Palm Beach, August 12 (RHC)-- According to a new report, the recent raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the Florida residence of Donald Trump was a search for classified documents pertaining to nuclear weapons.... More
Seattle, August 12 (RHC)-- Two Black Muslim men have filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines for being wrongfully deplaned from one of its flights in Washington after a fellow passenger complained about one of the men sending a text message in Arabic.... More
Tel Aviv, August 12 (RHC)-- The vital organs of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh have been badly damaged, about five months into his open-ended hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention by Israel.... More
Mexico City, August 12 (RHC)-- Rescue divers have thus far failed to reach 10 workers trapped in a flooded Mexican coal mine, according to authorities. The workers have been trapped inside the mine since last week, and shafts clogged with debris paired with bad visibility have hindered the first attempts by divers to locate them. Four attempts were made Wednesday, but the divers were not able to get far.... More
Geneva, August 12 (RHC)-- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in the latest escalation in Gaza.... More
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