Paris, October 17 (RHC)-- Commemorations were held to mark the 60th anniversary of a bloody Paris police crackdown on a demonstration by Algerians that occurred during the final year of the struggle for independence from the colonial power France.... More
Berlin, October 17 (RHC)-- The German state of Hesse has become the first to allow businesses to deny the unvaccinated access even to basic necessities, setting a troubling precedent as its neighbors wrestle with protests against vaccination mandates.... More
Port-au-Prince, October 17 (RHC)-- A group of 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti’s capital, according to media reports.... More
Brasilia, October 17 (RHC)-- The rapporteur of the Brazilian Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI), Senator Renan Calheiros, who examines whether there was negligence in the management of President Jair Bolsonaro on COVID-19, said Saturday that the president and his sons lead a scheme to produce and disseminate lies that caused the death of hundreds of thousands due to the pandemic.... More
Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- The United States military has offered to pay unspecified bribes to the relatives of 10 Afghan nationals who were killed in a botched US drone attack in Afghanistan last month.... More
Cape Town, October 17 (RHC)-- From once having no strategic military interest in the continent, within just over a decade, the U.S. now has some 30 military bases scattered across Africa.... More
Quito, October 17 (RHC)-- The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, has warned the National Assembly that he will invoke the constitutional resource of "cross death" and dissolve the parliamentary body if it does not approve several bills on tax and labor issues that he will send in the coming days.... More
Moscow, October 17 (RHC)-- Russia has reported more than 1,000 daily COVID-related deaths for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with the country’s vaccination drive at a standstill and no restrictions in place.... More
Caracas, October 16 (RHC)-- The head of the delegation of the Venezuelan government in the Dialogue Table that takes place in Mexico City with the opposition, Jorge Rodríguez, announced Saturday the suspension of the process after confirming the kidnapping of the diplomat Alex Saab, who was transferred from Cape Verde to the United States.... More
Rome, October 16 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Rome to demonstrate against fascism, a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy’s oldest labor confederation.... More
Panama City, October 16 (RHC)-- Panamanian authorities have reportedly exhumed several bags filled with human remains from a mass grave as the country conducts searches to identify victims of the 1989 U.S. invasion that toppled General Manuel Noriega. ... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, police have arrested a total of 655 people during a week of climate protests, according to organizers. Climate protesters have protested for several days at the White House and held rallies in Washington, DC where they urged U.S. President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency and end projects involving fossil fuels. They also want Congress to support a fossil fuel phase out.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 16 (RHC)-- Carabineros police forces repressed this Friday the mobilizations that took place in Santiago de Chile, in the framework of the second anniversary of the social outburst that will be celebrated October 18th.... More
Ramallah, October 16 (RHC)-- At least 44 Palestinians have been injured south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank after Israeli troops attacked protest rallies to condemn the regime's settlement activities, which are illegal under international law.... More
Lima, October 16 (RHC)-- With the participation of delegates from ten Latin American nations, the activities of the II World Summit of Women of Abya Yala, a space for dialogue and action focused on the defense of the Pachamama and the rights of indigenous peoples, among other issues, continued this Friday in the Peruvian capital, Lima.... More
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