Port-au-Prince, May 14 (RHC)-- Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry today lamented the shipwreck of a boat off the coast of Puerto Rico, and confirmed that the 11 migrants who died were Haitians.... More


Santiago de Chile, May 14 (RHC)-- In Chile, Francisca Sandoval, a 29-year-old journalist who was shot in the head while covering a Workers’ Day march on May 1, has died of her wounds.  ... More


Damascus, May 14 (RHC)-- A rocket attack on a military bus has killed 10 soldiers and wounded nine more in northwest Syria, the country’s state news agency SANA reported.... More


Tel Aviv, May 13 (RHC)-- Israel has advanced plans for the construction of some 4,500 settler units in the occupied West Bank as the regime continues its illegal settlement expansion activities across the occupied Palestinian territories.... More


New York, May 13 (RHC)-- United States producer prices soared 11 percent in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will remain a burden for consumers and businesses in the months ahead.... More


Atlanta, May 13 (RHC)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting nearly 108,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States last year — a 50% jump over 2019.  The CDC said about two-thirds of the deaths involved fentanyl or other synthetic opioids.... More


Geneva, May 13 (RHC)-- The World Meteorological Organization has warned there is a 50% chance average global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels at some point in the next five years. ... More


Jerusalem, May 13 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have attacked and beaten the mourners attending the funeral procession of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by the regime troops in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.... More


Kabul, May 13 (RHC)-- Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and deep economic crisis in the war-ravaged South Asian country, according to global humanitarian agencies.... More


Caracas, May 13 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammed Barkindo, agreed on Thursday to strengthen the ties of brotherhood and cooperation between the South American nation and the organization.... More


Lima, May 13 (RHC)-- The Peruvian Ministry of Health's (Minsa) National Health Institute (INS) has reported the presence of 23 lineages descending from the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country.... More


Washington, May 13 (RHC)-- About 150 protesters marched to the Washington, D.C.-area home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, after a leaked draft opinion showed Alito and the court’s conservative majority are poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. ... More


Los Angeles, May 13 (RHC)-- A U.S. government investigation has found at least 53 separate burial sites at federal Native American boarding schools, and officials expect to find more, according to a new report.... More


Dallas, May 13 (RHC)-- A Texas grand jury has indicted three Dallas-area police officers on felony charges they physically assaulted Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020. ... More


Ramallah, May 13 (RHC)-- Palestinians have held a state funeral in Ramallah for Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, after she was fatally shot in the head while covering an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. ... More


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