Death toll rises in Kentucky flooding as rescue efforts continue

Louisville, July 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. states of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia have issued emergency declarations and deployed search and rescue amid flooding.... More

Attacks by racist mob force Spanish Gypsy people to flee homes

Madrid, July 30 (RHC)-- Dozens of Gypsy people have been forced to abandon their homes in a small Andalucían town when a killing triggered a wave of racist violence.  Groups representing Spain’s Gypsy communities said on Thursday that more than 30 members of six families had fled Peal de Becerro in Jaén province, because they were afraid of further reprisals against their community. They include ill, older and vulnerable people.... More

New York City mayor says Wall Street on verge of collapse

New York, July 30 (RHC)-- New York City Mayor Eric Adams insists that the United States is in recession and predicts that the stock market is on the verge of collapse.   “We are in a financial crisis like you can never imagine… Wall Street is collapsing; we are in a recession,” Adams said at a New York event hosted by nonprofit Project Hospitality, as cited by Hamodia news outlet and reported by RT on Friday.... More

Britons suffer as leading energy firms reap enormous profits 

London, July 30 (RHC)-- Soaring profits at energy companies Shell and Centrica have been depicted as an “insult” to millions of Britons struggling with rising prices and the cost of living crisis, with energy bills set to hit record highs in the coming months.... More

Central American migrants narrowly escape suffocation in abandoned trailer in Mexico

Mexico City, July 30 (RHC)-- In Veracruz, Mexico, scores of migrants who were left by human smugglers in an abandoned freight trailer on the side of a highway had to break their way out to avoid suffocation. ... More

Indigenous protesters in Canada demand Pope Francis rescind Doctrine of Discovery

Ottawa, July 30 (RHC)-- In Canada, Indigenous protesters confronted Pope Francis Thursday as he prepared to celebrate Mass inside Canada’s national shrine in Quebec City. ... More

Venezuelan vice president rejects UK ruling on Venezuelan gold

Caracas, July 29 (RHC)-- Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) will undertake all necessary actions to safeguard the nation's interests in the face of the decision of the UK High Court of Justice in the case of Venezuelan gold deposited in the Bank of England.... More

Mexico assures that it will not cede sovereignty in the face of T-MEC pressures

Mexico City, July 29 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), affired that his country does not accept to give up its sovereignty for the Treaty between Mexico, the United States (US) and Canada, in view of the recent claims of both countries for the reform of the Mexican energy policy to strengthen the public electricity company.... More

Argentina and Bolivia agree to produce lithium cells and batteries

Buenos Aires, July 29 (RHC)-- The Argentinean Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation announced that Argentina and Bolivia have agreed to produce lithium cells and batteries.   The accord consolidates the scientific-technological cooperation between Argentina and Bolivia.... More

UK judge prevents Venezuela from accessing its gold reserves

London, July 29 (RHC)-- In the case of Venezuelan gold deposited in the Bank of England, Sara Cockerill, judge of the Commercial Court of the High Court of Justice, issued a ruling on Friday in favor of the ad hoc board of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) appointed by opposition politician Juan Guaido.... More

Venezuelan president calls meeting to normalize relations with Colombia successful

Caracas, July 29 (RHC)-- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro described as successful the meeting on Thursday between the Bolivarian Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Faria and Colombia's Foreign Minister-Designate Alvaro Leyva Duran.... More

German cities turn off lights, impose cold showers amid fuel crisis

Berlin, July 29 (RHC)-- Amid the worsening fuel crisis, German cities are switching off spotlights on public buildings, turning off fountains, and imposing cold showers on municipal swimming pools and sports halls to reduce energy consumption.... More

New York raises Monkeypox alarm while San Francisco declares emergency

New York, July 29 (RHC)-- New York and San Francisco have issued Monkeypox alerts as cases continue to rise and the United States faces a shortage of vaccines.... More

Spain's inflation highest since 1984

Madrid, July 29 (RHC)-- Spanish consumer prices have risen at the fastest pace since September 1984, national statistics for July showed, as inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to another record.... More

U.S. selling $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany

Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- The United States will sell $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany, according to the Pentagon.... More

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