Brasilia, August 11 (RHC)-- The Labor Court of the 8th Region determined that the company Grupo Popular must pay compensation of $24,341 U$D to Brunna Venancio, a Brazilian worker who was fired for posting messages against President Jair Bolsonaro.... More


Lincoln, August 11 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Nebraska, a mother and her teenage daughter have been charged with felonies after the mother helped her daughter obtain abortion medication. ... More


Guatemala City, August 11 (RHC)-- Social, student and peasant organizations in Guatemala are calling for another day of marches and protests against corruption and criminalization in the Central American country, the second this week.... More


Rome, August 11 (RHC)-- Mid-August in Italy is a time when most people flock to the mountains or the sea for a summer getaway.  This was not the case for the pro-Palestine activists who staged a demonstration outside Italy's Foreign Affairs ministry, in the Italian capital, on Wednesday.... More


Beijing, August 11 (RHC)-- As a result of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China has suspended China-U.S. talks on climate change and all the consequences should be borne by the United States, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.... More


Lima, August 11 (RHC)-- The Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, affirmed on Wednesday that he will remain in the highest office of the country, despite the pressure from Congress against him and the investigations of the Attorney General's Office for alleged acts of corruption.... More


Madrid, August 11 (RHC)-- Spanish coast guards rescued 61 sub-Saharan migrants approaching Gran Canaria's coast in a boat on Tuesday.  Late in the evening, coast guards reached the boat sailing four miles (6.5k) off Arguineguin port in the Atlantic Ocean and transferred the migrants to a rescue boat.... More


Tel Aviv, August 11 (RHC)-- An Israeli bus company has apologized after a bus driver ordered 50 Palestinian workers off a bus near Tel Aviv last week.  The driver ordered the Palestinians off the bus after three Jewish passengers got on and refused to travel with the Palestinians. ... More


La Paz, August 11 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce, has recognized the role of native and indigenous peoples as actors in the construction of democracy and cultural development in the country.... More


Tegucigalpa, August 11 (RHC)-- Honduras is considering moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, one year after moving it to Jerusalem, according to the Honduran foreign ministry.   Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a right-wing ideologue who considered himself a close Washington ally, moved Honduras's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2021.... More


Ramallah, August 11 (RHC)-- A Palestinian man seriously injured in the latest Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip has died of his wounds, raising the death toll from the three-day-long bloody assaults on the impoverished coastal sliver to at least 47, including 16 children and four women.... More


London, August 11 (RHC)-- Police in London have strip-searched 650 mostly Black children -- most of whom were found to be innocent of the suspicions against them -- over a two-year period, the UK’s children’s commissioner says.... More


Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican Congressmember Scott Perry says FBI agents seized his cellphone on Tuesday morning while he was traveling with his family.  Perry is the chair of the House Freedom Caucus and was a key backer of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  He has so far refused to testify before the House January 6 committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. ... More


Brasilia, August 11 (RHC)--The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) led protests and demonstrations against the law of demarcation of indigenous territories, promoted by the federal government.... More


New York, August 11 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he refused to answer questions under oath during an appearance before the New York state attorney general in an investigation into his business dealings.... More


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