Brasilia, July 5 (RHC)-- The government of Jair Bolsonaro doubled advertising spending during the course of this year in Brazil's largest television network, Tv Globo, just four months before the presidential election, according to an independent investigation.... More
Buenos Aires, July 5 (RHC)-- The Secretariat of Human Rights of Argentina announced on Monday that the Judiciary of the nation sentenced to the maximum penalty of life imprisonment four former military personnel of the Campo de Mayo military airfield, for the "death flights" that were carried out during the civil-military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.... More
Mexico City, July 5 (RHC)-- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reiterated his intention to discuss Julian Assange's case with U.S. President Joe Biden during his meeting scheduled for next week in Washington.... More
United Nations, July 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations has concluded that Israeli forces fired shots that killed Palestinian journalist Abu Akleh. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says its findings have shown the bullets that killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last month were fired by Israeli forces.... More
Santiago de Chile, July 5 (RHC)-- "Today we start a new phase," Chilean President Gabriel Boric said Monday after receiving the Constitutional Assembly's final text of a proposed new constitution. ... More
Sydney, July 4 (RHC)-- Southeastern Australia is under a severe weather warning. The Australian Weather Bureau warned that heavy rains and overflowing dams and rivers threaten landslides along the east coast from Newcastle to Batemans Bay in the state of New South Wales, possibly putting lives at risk.... More
Chicago, July 4 (RHC)-- At least six people have been killed and two dozen others injured in a shooting in a Chicago suburb, officials in the U.S. city of Highland Park, Illinois, said after a gunman opened fire from a rooftop on an Independence Day parade.... More
Ramallah, July 4 (RHC)-- A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has accused the United States of protecting Israel over the killing of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, stressing that the Tel Aviv regime should be held accountable for the murder. ... More
Amsterdam, July 4 (RHC)-- Farmers in the Netherlands have blockaded supermarket distribution centres in continuing protests against new environmental rules on nitrogen emissions that are likely to put many of them out of business.... More
Quito, July 4 (RHC)== The defense of the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza, accused in the midst of the judicialization of popular protest for allegedly paralyzing public service, has requested international criminal assistance from the Attorney General's Office to face the process that begins in Quito.... More
Tehran, July 4 (RHC)-- A senior Iranian rights official says the United States is in no position to talk about the issue of human rights given its far-and-wide violations on the international stage.... More
Dallas, July 4 (RHC)-- U.S. power companies are facing supply crunches that may hamper their ability to keep the lights on as the nation heads into the heat of summer and the peak hurricane season.... More
Rome, July 4 (RHC)-- Rescuers have resumed a search for survivors after an avalanche set off by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured nine others.... More
Accra, July 4 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law.... More
Managua, July 4 (RHC)--At least three people have been killed as a hurricane tore through Central America before moving towards Mexico. Tropical Storm Bonnie was upgraded to a category one hurricane on Sunday, as one person in El Salvador and two others in Nicaragua were killed in the path of destruction it caused. ... More
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