Akron, July 16 (RHC)-- A Black man killed by police in a hail of bullets in the United States late last month was shot 46 times, the local medical examiner has said after a preliminary autopsy, as calls for accountability for the killing of Jayland Walker mount.... More


Washington, July 16 (RHC)-- Mother Jones magazine has published leaked audio of President Trump’s former chief strategist telling his associates Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night in 2020 — even if he was losing. ... More


Paris, July 15 (RHC)-- Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires continued to rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities said on Friday.... More


Washington, July 15 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved $839 billion in new military spending for the coming fiscal year -- an unprecedented military budget.  The National Defense Authorization Act passed on a vote of 329 to 101, with the support of 180 Democrats.... More


Mexico City, July 15 (RHC)-- Over one hundred migrants of various nationalities left on Thursday for the town of Huixtla, in the Mexican state of Chiapas in order to apply for documentation that allows them to reach the U.S. border.... More


Washington, July 15 (RHC)-- The TV network Univision has premiered the Spanish and English versions of a documentary about Vanessa Guillen, Karina Lopez, and other soldiers who suffered sexual assault and harassment within the United States Armed Forces.... More


Washington, July 15 (RHC)-- Former CIA Director and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for the criminal prosecution of sources who spoke to Yahoo News for a story detailing proposals by the intelligence agency in 2017 to abduct WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and discussions within the Trump administration and CIA to possibly even assassinate him.... More


Bogota, July 15 (RHC)-- United Nations envoy Carlos Ruiz Massieu hailed the encouraging political developments in Colombia and warned against persistent violence as an obstacle to the consolidation of peace in the country.... More


Buffalo, July 15 (RHC)-- A supermarket in Buffalo, New York where a gunman killed 10 Black people in a racist shooting spree is set to reopen two months after the attack.  A moment of silence and prayer was held at Tops Friendly Market on Thursday, a day before the grocery store will officially reopen to the public, the grocery store chain said.... More


Wellington, July 15 (HRC)-- New Zealand has said it will offer free masks and rapid tests as it steps up efforts to tackle a new wave of coronavirus and a record outbreak of flu that are placing increasing pressure on the country’s health care system.... More


Bethlehem, July 15 (RHC)-- As U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Middle East region, demonstrations are taking place in the occupied Palestinian territories in rejection of his visit. ... More


Mexico City, July 15 (RHC)-- After days of preparation and donations to cover funeral costs, a mountain community in eastern Mexico on Thursday mourned the return of three teenagers who were among the 53 migrants who died inside an abandoned truck in southern Texas last month.... More


Port-au-Prince, July 15 (RHC)-- According to authorities and the private sector that manages the fuel, Haiti has been suffering from a recurring fuel crisis since the beginning of the year, which has worsened as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.... More


Bogota, July 15 (RHC)-- The National Union of Employees of the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Sinedian) reported that on Thursday it will hold a general strike in view of the failure to comply with the promises made by the Colombian Government regarding the incorporation of new workers in the entity.... More


Warsaw, July 15 (RHC)-- A mass grave containing human ashes equivalent to 8,000 people has been discovered near a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the country’s Institute of National Remembrance said.... More


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