Tokyo, July 12 (RHC)-- With prayers and flowers, Japan on Tuesday said farewell to Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving premier.... More


Port-au-Prince, July 12 (RHC)-- The mayor of the Cité Soleil commune, in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Joël Janéus, reported more than 50 dead and at least a hundred wounded as a result of the confrontation between armed gangs, which began last Friday.... More


Riyadh, July 12 (RHC)-- A private Israeli jet has landed in Saudi Arabia amid speculation that the Persian Gulf kingdom and the Tel Aviv regime would normalize diplomatic relations as U.S. President Joe Biden is going to visit the Arab country within the next few days as part of a regional trip.... More


London, July 12 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom’s new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded field to replace Boris Johnson expected this week.... More


Tel Aviv, July 12 (RHC)-- An extremist Israeli settlers’ organization says it has been taking preparatory measures for the construction of dozens more settlements in the occupied West Bank ahead of the upcoming visit of US President Joe Biden to the occupied Palestinian territories. ... More


Washington, July 12 (RHC)-- Environmental and Indigenous groups are expressing concern the Biden administration may approve a massive oil and gas development in northern Alaska known as the Willow Project. ... More


Paris, July 12 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron is under fire for his newly-revealed past support for American company Uber to purportedly relax labor and taxi laws and also for signing a “secret deal” with the giant cab-hailing business.... More


Panama City, July 12 (RHC)-- The National Union of Construction Workers (SUNTRACS) announced that it will join the massive protests against Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo by performing a 24-hour "warning strike" on Wednesday.... More


Washington, July 12 (RHC)-- A former spokesperson for the far-right Oath Keepers is set to testify publicly on Tuesday at the next hearing of the House January 6th committee.  Jason Van Tatenhove worked with the Oath Keepers from 2014 to 2017. ... More


Santiago de Chile, July 12 (RHC)-- Around 400 people including tourists, truck drivers and other travelers are still trapped in temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius below zero due to a snowstorm on the Argentine-Chilean border.... More


Washington, July 11 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is facing pressure to scrap plans to build a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem after a Palestinian legal group revealed the proposed embassy is located on land that was illegally confiscated by Israel from Palestinians in 1948. ... More


Brussels, July 11 (RHC)-- European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and hospitalizations across Europe.   While the existing coronavirus vaccines continue to provide good protection against hospitalization and death, vaccine effectiveness has taken a hit as the virus has evolved.... More


Mexico City, July 11 (RHC)-- On Monday, Mexico's Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that he will address the issue of security cooperation in the meeting he will have with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday.... More


Washington, July 11 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly engaged in talks over the possible removal of its ban on the sales of offensive weapons to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), despite Riyadh’s devastating military aggression against neighboring Yemen.... More


United Nations, July 11 (RHC)-- The global population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the United Nations has forecast, with India set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country next year.... More


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