Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- An unprecedented level of debt has plunged average Americans into dire economic straits, adding to the hardships of citizens trying to make ends meet amid soaring inflation. The Washington, DC publication The Hill reported on Tuesday that a typical American household now carries $10,000 in credit card debt, raising America’s credit card balance to the tune of $1 trillion.... More
United Nations, June 12 (RHC) -- Gender inequality has remained stagnant for a decade, according to research by the United Nations, as cultural biases and pressures continue to hinder women’s empowerment and leave the world unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030.... More
United Nations, June 12 (RHC)-- Civil society groups in Israel and Palestine face serious human rights violations by Israeli authorities seeking to perpetuate an illegal occupation and apartheid regime, according to a report published by the United Nations Human Rights Council.... More
Guatemala City, June 12 (RHC)-- A Guatemalan appeals court disobeyed a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by ordering the release of three former high-ranking military officers convicted of crimes against humanity. In March, the regional human rights court halted the release of the prisoners “to prevent irreparable damage to the right of access to justice for the victims”.... More
Rome, June 12 (RHC)-- Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, has died. He was 86.... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- More than two years after the deadly January 6 insurrection, 12 million people in the United States -- or 4.4% of the adult population -- believe the use of violence is justified to restore former President Donald Trump to power, The Guardian reported Friday.... More
Saint John, June 12 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, rejected the declarations about Venezuela, made by the former president of the United States, Donald Trump. The former president and now Republican front-runner for another residency at the White House, made the slanderous comments about Venezuela during a speech delivered at a campaign rally in the U.S. state of North Carolina.... More
Caracas, June 11 (RHC/Prensa Latina)-- Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil has affirmed that the United States could not and never will be able to defeat his country.... More
Port-au-Prince, June 11 (RHC)-- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has denounced in a report that in the first three months of 2023 some 1,630 people have been killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti, while it is estimated that more than 165,000 have been displaced by gang violence.... More
Berlin, June 11 (RHC)-- German anti-war activists have rallied in front of the Wunstorf Air Base against U.S.-led NATO’s ‘Air Defender 23’ upcoming military drills, demanding a ceasefire in Ukraine and removal of U.S. nuclear weapons from their country.... More
Beijing, June 11 (RHC)-- Honduras has opened an embassy in Beijing, according to the Chinese state media, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with Beijing.... More
Brasilia, June 11 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has expressed his concern about the imminent extradition of activist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.... More
Quito, June 11 (RHC)-- The Citizen Revolution movement of Ecuador presented this Saturday in the city of Portoviejo, province of Manabí (west), Luisa González and Andrés Arauz as its candidates to dispute the presidency and vice-presidency of the country in the next elections, scheduled for August 20... More
Ramallah, June 11 (RHC)-- At dawn on Thursday, Israeli forces stormed Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank and blew up the family home of a Palestinian prisoner. The large contingent of Israeli soldiers poured into Ramallah al-Tahta (lower Ramallah) in the Old City area, cordoning off the family home of 27-year-old Islam Faroukh.... More
Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- Women should begin getting mammogram screenings for breast cancer at age 40, an influential U.S. health panel has advised, in a move the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said could help save thousands of lives.... More
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