United Nations, June 21 (RHC)-- The United Nations Decolonization Committee has approved, by consensus, legislation that recognizes Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and independence from the United States.... More


Brussels, June 21 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of union members marched through downtown Brussels on Monday, calling for more support to deal with the cost of living, which is rising by the day.  Inflation in Belgium has hit 9%, while the eurozone average is 8.1%.  ... More


London, June 21 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of rail staff in Britain have walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs, bringing the country to a standstill in the network's biggest strike action in more than three decades. ... More


Canberra, June 21 (RHC)-- Anthony Albanese, the newly elected prime minister of Australia, has rejected calls for him to publicly demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.... More


Tegucigalpa, June 21 (RHC)-- The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh) called this Monday for a sit-in in the vicinity of the Sentencing Court of the Supreme Court of Honduras while the sentence against David Castillo, mastermind of the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres in 2016, is being read there.... More


Ramallah, June 20 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs the occupied West Bank, has urged Israel to hand over the gun that fired the shot which killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh more than a month ago.... More


Damascus, June 20 (RHC)-- As part of the U.S. military’s systematic smuggling of basic commodities out of Syria, a convoy of dozens of US military trucks has reportedly carried tons of grain from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.... More


Bogota, June 20 (RHC)-- Colombia's Finance Minister, Juan Manuel Restrepo, announced on Monday that President-elect Gustavo Petro will meet in the coming days with outgoing President Iván Duque to begin the transition process before the leader of the Historic Pact coalition assumes power.... More


New York, June 20 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime’s air strikes against targets in Syria have been conducted with the secret approval of the American military, a U.S.-based daily has reported citing current and former officials.... More


Baltimore, June 20 (RHC)-- Apple Inc workers in the city of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States have voted to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the country.... More


New York, June 20 (RYC)-- More than half of all players at the finals of last year’s European Championship and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in February were subjected to discriminatory abuse online, a report published by global football governing body FIFA has revealed.... More


Sao Paulo, June 20 (RHC)--Indigenous Brazilians took to the streets of Sao Paulo over the weekend to demand justice for the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, whose remains were found after having been missing for several days in the Amazon.... More


London, June 20 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have taken to the streets in central London over the government's lack of response to the cost of living crisis.... More


Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. military contractor L3Harris Technologies has entered talks with the Israeli regime's notorious NSO Group surveillance technology to buy its spyware tools despite it being blacklisted by Washington.... More


Quito, June 20 (RHC)-- Indigenous groups in Ecuador have defied a state of emergency imposed in three provinces as they continue to protest against the government’s economic policies amid rising inflation and unemployment.... More


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