The Hague, October 12 (RHC)-- Climate activists have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of "crimes against humanity" for his role in the destruction of the Amazon.... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., over 135 people were arrested outside the White House in an action on Monday to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day and to call on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop approving fossil fuel projects. ... More
Managua, October 12 (RHC=-- The Government of Nicaragua has accused the U.S. Ambassador to Managua, Kevin Sullivan, of meddling in the internal affairs of the Central American country.... More
Paris, October 12 (RHC)-- Cheikh Fall did not hold back last week when he saw French President Emmanuel Macron during a plenary session of a France-Africa conference. “I asked Macron to seek forgiveness from Africans, stop empowering African dictators and stop the pseudo paternalistic cooperation,” the Senegalese social entrepreneur told Al Jazeera, recalling the exchange.... More
Quito, October 12 (RHC)-- Banco Pichincha, the largest of its kind in Ecuador, reported cyber problems on Monday and thousands of users have been unable to access their accounts.... More
London, October 12 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom government’s early response to COVID-19 and the delay in imposing a lockdown early last year was “one of the most important public health failures” in the country’s history and cost thousands of lives, a damning parliamentary report has found.... More
Los Angeles, October 12 (RHC)-- In 2003, Joe Torres was deployed in Afghanistan with the United States Air Force as a firefighter, working crash and rescue, but it was a fire raging much closer to home at the time that would set his post-service life on its current trajectory.... More
United Nations, October 12 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, has denounced the intention of the U.S. and Colombia to carry out a military aggression against his country through a false flag operation.... More
Nairobi, October 12 (RHC)-- More than 130 countries -- including every G20 nation -- have agreed to a global deal to ensure large corporations pay a global minimum tax rate of 15%. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development described the agreement as a “landmark deal.” ... More
Belgrade, October 12 (RHC)--In an address to the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM)’s meeting of member states, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad has stressed his country's right to re-establish control over the Golan Heights, which the Israeli regime has been occupying for more than half a century.... More
Guatemala City, October 11 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, 126 people were found locked in an abandoned shipping container over the weekend. They were freed after local residents heard screaming and shouting from inside. ... More
Tripoli, October 11 (RHC)-- In Libya, at least six refugees were shot dead over the weekend by guards at an overcrowded prison camp. In recent weeks, armed forces in western Libya have detained over 5,100 refugees — including hundreds of children — as part of a sweeping crackdown. ... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- The U.S. Congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol is threatening to file criminal charges against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for refusing to comply with a subpoena. ... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- Climate protesters gathered at the White House on Monday in Washington, DC where they warned U.S. President Joe Biden to take their demands seriously, and declare a national emergency, and end projects involving fossil fuels.... More
Berlin, October 11 (RHC)-- Climate change could already be affecting 85 percent of the world’s population, an analysis of tens of thousands of scientific studies found.... More
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