Athens, August 10 (RHC)-- Greek authorities say a big search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying dozens of migrants and refugees sank overnight.... More
Asuncion, August 10 (RHC)-- On Wednesday, former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (2008-2012) was urgently hospitalized in Asuncion after suffering a cerebrovascular accident.... More
London, August 10 (RHC)-- A British museum in the capital city of London has said that it would return dozens of artifacts looted by UK soldiers in Nigeria. The Horniman Museum has announced that it was obvious that the ancient artifacts had been “acquired through force” by colonial British soldiers.... More
Washington, August 10 (RHC)-- More than two-thirds of Americans in a new poll say the U.S. economy is getting worse, as inflation has hit a four-decade high in the United States. The ABC News/Ipsos survey, conducted from August 5 to August 6, found that 69 percent of respondents said that they think the US economy is getting worse, The Hill reported.... More
Caracas, August 10 (RHC)-- Earlier this week, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro called on his compatriots to mobilize to reject the illegal appropriation of Venezuelan assets abroad.... More
Washington, August 10 (RHC)-- In immigration news, the Joe Biden administration has announced that it is officially ending the contested Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy and will no longer force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are resolved in U.S. courts. ... More
Bogota, August 9 (RHC)-- On his first day in office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro introduced a new tax reform proposal to Congress that is expected to finance the ambitious programs and policies he hopes will transform the country.... More
Tehran, August 10 (RHC)-- Iran's foreign minister has lauded the Palestinian resistance’s “great achievement” in standing up to Israel’s massive assaults and forcing the regime into agreeing to a truce.... More
United Nations, August 10 (RHC)-- The world community celebrates the International Day of Indigenous Peoples every August 9th, following a decision of the United Nations General Assembly to have a date to recognize these populations, their cultural heritage and their role in the protection of biodiversity.... More
New York, August 10 (RHC)-- In New York City, hundreds of people gathered outside the Midtown Manhattan offices of the group Friends of the Israel Defense Forces for an emergency rally in response to Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. ... More
Nablus, August 10 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has killed three Palestinians and injured more than forty others during an incursion into the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, only two days after a truce put an end to the Israeli regime's deadly airstrikes against the Gaza Strip.... More
Bogota, August 9 (RHC)-- Chile will be a guarantor of the peace process that the government of Gustavo Petro will resume with the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army (ELN), President Gabriel Boric announced Monday in Bogota, after a meeting with the recently inaugurated president of Colombia at the Casa de Nariño.... More
United Nations, August 9 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed "deep concern” about the situation in the Gaza Strip during an emergency meeting to discuss the Israeli regime's latest aggression in the besieged enclave, the Russian envoy to the world body said Tuesday.... More
Los Angeles, August 9 (RHC)-- In climate news, California’s Death Valley National Park received a year’s worth of rainfall within just three hours over the weekend, triggering flash floods that left about one thousand people temporarily stranded. ... More
Albuquerque, August 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New Mexico, police say the shooting death of a South Asian immigrant in Albuquerque may be linked to the killings of three other Muslim men over the past nine months. ... More
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