Mexico City, August 8 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, announced that during the day on Sunday traveled in a military plane to Coahuila (north of the country), to supervise the rescue actions of the ten miners trapped since Wednesday in a mine in that region.... More
Miami, August 8 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities detained more than 300 Haitian migrants off the coast of the Florida Keys, in the southern tip of the country, immigration authorities reported.... More
Bogota, August 8 (RHC)-- Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez were sworn in this Sunday as president and vice president of Colombia by the president of the Colombian Senate, Roy Barreras. The ceremony saw the participation of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, international guests -- including presidents and representatives of governments around the region and the world -- and 100,000 attendees in the historic Plaza de Bolivar.... More
United Nations, August 8 (RHC)-- The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories says Israel’s air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip “not only are illegal but irresponsible,” calling for a diplomatic solution to the latest bout of violence, which began on Friday when Israel launched air attacks on Gaza City.... More
Gaza City, August 7 (RHC)-- Palestine's Islamic Jihad movement has agreed to a truce with Israel following three days of strikes on the Gaza Strip by the regime. The movement says the Egypt-brokered truce will take effect on Sunday at 11:30 p.m. local time (20:30 GMT).... More
La Paz, August 7 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, stressed Saturday that the South American nation resumed the path of stability and economic growth, with social justice, after the coup at the end of 2019 .... More
United Nations, August 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the Israeli regime has razed as many as eight Palestinian homes so far this year, calling the practice “collective punishment” of Palestinians.... More
Paris, August 7 (RHC)-- A continent-wide heat wave has swept Europe with rising temperatures above 40C for the first time on record resulting in a historic drought situation in France, England and putting Rhine River on the brink of drying up.... More
Managua, August 7 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Nicaraguan Institute of Energy announced this Friday that the Government of President Daniel Ortega will assume the increase in fuel prices, during the next week from August 7th to the 13th.... More
Brasilia, August 7 (RHC)-- On the occasion of Brazil's National Health Day, which was celebrated this Friday, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced what he called the criminal policy of current President Jair Bolsonaro, and said that "it is urgent to resume the successful public policies" of the Workers' Party governments, from 2003 until 2016.... More
Guatemala City, August 7 (RHC)-- The leader of the National Coordinator of Guatemalan Widows highlighted that the Giammattei administration is closing any possibility of "free journalism" in her country.... More
Gaza City, August 7 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against various areas across the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian resistance fighters in the impoverished coastal enclave.... More
Gaza City, August 7 (RHC)-- Medical teams in Gaza City cannot provide proper treatment to the wounded due to shortages in fuel and essentials. According to Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the director general of the city’s largest hospital, drugs and electricity supplies were urgently needed for the treatment of victims at Shifa Hospital.... More
Bogota, August 7 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, takes office this Sunday in the presence of illustrious personalities from around the world and about 100,000 Colombians in the Plaza de Bolivar, in downtown Bogota. ... More
Ottawa, August 7 (RHC)-- Hate crimes against Muslims across Canada jumped by 71 percent in 2021, according to a newly released report by the government agency Statistics Canada. Released earlier this week, the study found that the number of recorded attacks against Muslims increased from 84 incidents in 2020 to 144 in 2021. In 2019, a total of 182 incidents targeting Muslims had been reported.... More
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