Washington, July 21 (RHC)-- Seventeen Democratic lawmakers were arrested outside the Supreme Court while protesting the court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade.... More


Baltimore, July 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S., voters went to the polls for a primary election in Maryland.  The Trump-backed far-right state legislator Dan Cox won the Republican gubernatorial primary. ... More


Brussels, July 21 (RHC)-- In Brussels, the European Commission has asked European Union member states to slash their gas use by 15 percent over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the 27-nation bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next winter.... More


Sydney, July 21 (RHC)-- Australians have been urged to work from home and wear masks indoors as the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 nears record levels.  The country is in the midst of a third wave of coronavirus, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, and earlier this month broadened access to second booster shots to deal with the surge in cases.... More


La Paz, July 20 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, has announced that he will present an appeal to the sentence imposed to former de facto president Jeanine Áñez, as he considers that it does not fully satisfy what is stipulated by law.  ... More


London, July 20 (RHC)-- Temperatures in Britain topped 104 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time ever on Tuesday as a climate change-fueled heat wave scorched much of Europe. ... More


Quito, July 20 (RHC)-- The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza, reported on Tuesday that the technical tables of dialogue with the Government will resume from next July 26th.... More


Athens, July 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as a wildfire threatened mountainside suburbs northeast of Greece’s capital, Athens.  Firefighters battled through the night, struggling to contain the blaze which was being intensified by strong gusts of wind.... More


Brasilia, July 20 (RHC)-- The Brazilian opposition has filed a new complaint with the Supreme Court against President Jair Bolsonaro, whom it accused of "lying" to a group of ambassadors about the reliability of the electoral system.... More


Panama City, July 20 (RHC)-- The Catholic Church of Panama, acting as mediator, has announced that the organized groups involved in nationwide protests would meet with government representatives at a single dialogue table starting today.... More


Bogota, July 20 (RHC)-- Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro has announced that his cabinet will include three well-known Indigenous leaders and human rights defenders.... More


Managua, July 20 (RHC)--Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faría reaffirmed his government's commitment and solidarity with Nicaragua in a meeting held in Managua with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Denis Moncada.... More


Washington, July 20 (RHC)-- The Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index released on Tuesday found that American adults were largely divided into three camps: those that consider the pandemic over, those that feel left behind by their peers, and those that are muddling through.... More


Managua, July 20 (RHC)-- During a special ceremony in honor of the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Nicaragua's President Ortega decorated the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves with the Order of Cesar Augusto Sandino.... More


Accra, July 20 (RHC)-- In Ghana, health officials have confirmed two people who died of a hemorrhagic fever in June were infected with the deadly Marburg virus.  It’s the first time the virus has been observed in Ghana and just the second outbreak of Marburg in West Africa after a single case was detected in Guinea last year. ... More


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