Ramallah, June 1 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian woman at the Arroub refugee camp in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Palestinian health ministry identified the woman as 31-year-old Ghufran Hamed Warasneh, and said that she had been shot in the chest.... More
Mexico City, June 1 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have been killed in flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Agatha in southern Mexico, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca has said. The hurricane came ashore on Monday, making it the most powerful storm on record to make landfall in May during the Pacific hurricane season.... More
Islamabad, June 1 (RHC)-- A young woman has been raped by three men on a moving train in Pakistan, in another incident that has shocked the South Asian nation witnessing a rise in sexual violence.... More
London, June 1 (RHC)-- The international charity group OXFAM warns that the people of Yemen could face “catastrophic hunger” unless a rare truce that has been brokered by the UN between the warring sides in the country is renewed.... More
New York, June 1 (RHC)-- In the U.S., at least 100 Starbucks stores have formed unions across the country. The historic milestone comes after two Starbucks in Seattle and one in Birmingham, Alabama, voted to unionize last week. ... More
Paris, June 1 (RHC)-- French diplomats will go on strike for the first time in 20 years on Thursday in protest against a perceived lack of recognition and reforms pushed by the president that they say could damage France’s global standing.... More
London, June 1 (RHC)-- A hitherto unreleased report commissioned by the UK Home Office lays the blame for the Windrush Scandal, which saw hundreds of citizens from the Commonwealth wrongly detained, denied legal rights and in some cases deported from the UK, squarely at the feet of unjust laws that deliberately target people from minority ethnic backgrounds.... More
Shanghai, June 1 (RHC)-- Shanghai authorities say they are taking steps on Wednesday towards reopening China’s largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and confined millions of people to their homes.... More
Ramallah, June 1 (RHC)-- Israeli settlers have reportedly begun construction of a new settlement to the south of the city of Nablus in the northern part of the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank.... More
La Paz, June 1 (RHC)-- The Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, assured that the so-called Summit of the Americas and the Organization of American States (OAS) are in decline.... More
Tegucigalpa, May 31 (RHC)-- The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, condemned on Tuesday the murder of environmental prosecutor Karen Almendarez, which occurred over the weekend, and assured that the masterminds and material perpetrators of the crime will not go unpunished.... More
Brasilia, May 31 (RHC)-- In Brazil, at least 106 people are confirmed dead, with many more missing, due to massive floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. ... More
Berlin, May 31 (RHC)-- Prices in the eurozone touched another record high in May, challenging the European Central Bank's view that gradual interest rate increases from July will be enough to stem the soaring inflation.... More
Washington, May 31 (RHC)-- U.S. Supreme Court officials are tightening their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits, according to news reports from the U.S. capital.... More
Houston, May 31 (RHC)-- In Uvalde, Texas, funerals are underway for the 19 children and two teachers killed one week ago when a gunman attacked the Robb Elementary School with an assault rifle he purchased just days after his 18th birthday. ... More
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