Tokyo, July 8 (RHC)-- Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is dead after being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region, local media report. The 67-year-old Abe had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when he was shot by an assailant.... More
Brasilia, July 7 (RHC)-- Lula da Silva -- the former trade unionist and leader of the Workers' Party (PT) -- arrived this Wednesday in Rio to launch his candidacy in Brazil's most iconic state, as he has been doing in other regions of the country.... More
Washington, July 7 (RHC)-- Fewer and fewer young Americans are eligible or volunteer to serve in the U.S. military than ever before, leading to recruitment shortfalls in the armed forces with national security implications, according to US military and defense officials.... More
United Nations, July 7 (RHC)-- World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.... More
Chicago, July 7 (RHC)-- In the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the death toll in Monday’s mass shooting at the city’s July Fourth parade has risen to eight. The dead include a married couple, Irina and Kevin McCarthy, who attended the parade with their 2-year-old son Aiden, who was found wandering alone after the shooting. The boy’s father died as he tried to protect his son from the rooftop sniper, who fired 70 rounds at parade-goers. Nine shooting victims remain hospitalized.... More
London, July 7 (RHC)-- Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party after he lost the support of much of his own Cabinet. Johnson spoke Wednesday outside his official residence, 10 Downing Street, after some 60 members of Parliament quit his government in recent days to protest a series of scandals... More
Guatemala City, July 7 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala (Minex) reports that the death toll of Guatemalans has risen to 22 -- among the dead victims of the incident in an abandoned tractor-trailer last week in Texas, United States. ... More
Dhaka, July 7 (RHC)-- At least 32 people have died of the coronavirus disease in Bangladesh in the first five days of July, data compiled by Al Jazeera shows, as the country reports a sharp rise in infections which experts say is due to a new sub-variant of the virus.... More
Paramaribo, July 6 (RHC)-- At the conclusion of its 43rd regular meeting in Suriname on Wednesday, the heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) confirmed their commitment to resolving the main problems affecting the region.... More
Tehran, July 6 (RHC)-- Responding to Israel’s repeated threats against the Islamic Republic, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says attacking Iran is beyond the regime’s wildest dream.... More
Islamabad, July 6 (RHC)-- Pakistan’s climate change minister says more than 70 people have died in the ongoing monsoon rains lashing different parts of the country over the past few weeks.... More
Tripoli, July 6 (RHC)-- Twenty-two people from Mali, including three children, have died in a boat disaster off the coast of Libya, the United Nations and the Malian government have confirmed.... More
Bogota, July 6 (RHC)-- Colombia’s President-elect Gustavo Petro has proposed a “bilateral ceasefire” with the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last major rebel group in the country, in hopes of restarting stalled peace negotiations.... More
Bogota, July 6 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, appointed this Tuesday within his future cabinet Carolina Corcho as minister of Health, Cecilia López Montaño as head of Agriculture and Susana Muhamad as head of the Ministry of Environment.... More
New York, July 6 (RHC)-- U.S. ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever Plc to block the sale of its Israeli business to a local licensee, saying it was inconsistent with its values to sell its ice cream brand in the occupied West Bank.... More
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