Rome, October 1 (RHC)-- On Friday, the Italian Energy Authority ARERA announced that electricity bills will rise by almost 30% while gas bills will increase by over 14%, effective beginning today.... More
Minneapolis, October 1 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Minnesota, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge said construction on the contested Line 3 crude oil pipeline is complete and oil will start flowing as early as Friday. ... More
Washington, October 1 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Maryland, public health activists staged a protest outside the home of White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, calling on the Biden administration to massively ramp up vaccine production and to transfer vaccine technology to the Global South. ... More
Bethel, October 1 (RHC)-- The United States reported nearly 2,500 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, even as hospitalizations and new cases edged down from a peak in early September. ... More
Paris, October 1 (RHC)--France has accused Britain of playing politics with post-Brexit fishing rights after London and the Channel Island of Jersey refused dozens of French fishing boats a license to operate in their territorial waters.... More
Caracas, October 1 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced on Thursday during the XVI Anniversary of the Strategic Operational Command of the FANB (Ceofanb) the infiltration into Venezuelan territory of Colombian armed drug trafficking groups, known as Tancol.... More
London, October 1 (RHC)-- A UK police officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and murdering marketing executive Sarah Everard in a case that shocked Britain and stirred protests over violence against women.... More
Berlin, September 30 (RHC)-- A former secretary for the Schutzstaffel (SS) commander of the Stutthof concentration camp skipped the planned start Thursday of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, officials said. She was picked up several hours later after the court issued an arrest warrant.... More
Paris, September 30 (RHC)--A French court has handed a one-year prison sentence to former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign.... More
Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- U.S. baby food manufacturers allowed products contaminated with heavy metals to remain on store shelves, even after dangerous levels of the toxic chemicals were detected in their products. ... More
Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- Top military commanders were questioned by lawmakers again Wednesday on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.... More
Caracas, September 30 (RHC)-- Venezuela's sectoral Vice President of Economy, Tareck El Aissami, said that the Bolivarian Government -- under the protection of International Law -- will rescue the companies Citgo and Monomeros, plundered by the United States and Colombia.... More
Quito, September 30 (RHC)--The death toll from a riot at one of Ecuador's largest prisons rose to 116, President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday, adding that he would send additional security forces and free up funds to avoid a repeat.... More
Brasilia, September 30 (RHC)-- The Attorney General of the Republic of Brazil, Augusto Aras, reports that the Supreme Federal Court (STF) will open a preliminary investigation against Defense Minister Braga Netto for his alleged threat against the 2022 elections.... More
Ottawa, September 30 (RHC)-- A Canadian federal court has upheld a human rights tribunal decision ordering Ottawa to compensate Indigenous children and their families who faced discrimination in the provision of government services, the latest development in a years-long fight by Indigenous rights advocates.... More
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