Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has falsely claimed that the United States does not have military troops deployed to Syria, despite the fact that American occupation forces are systematically plundering natural resources and smuggling basic commodities out of the war-ravaged Arab country.... More
A new report details how the U.S. government cracked down on racial justice activists as protests swept the country following the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020. ... More
Port-au-Prince, August 20 (RHC)-- In Haiti, a major hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince has shut its doors in protest, after two of its doctors were kidnapped by criminal gangs. ... More
Athens, August 20 (RHC)-- In Greece, hundreds of Afghan immigrants protested outside of Athens Thursday, demanding support from the international community and the European Union. Their protest came after Greece’s migration minister warned Greece would not be a gateway for Afghan refugees.... More
London, August 20 (RHC)-- In Britain, activists with Extinction Rebellion blockaded an entrance to an ExxonMobil facility in Hampshire to protest against the expansion of an oil refinery. Activists were dressed as Grim Reapers, as well as an Exxon executive who pumped fake blood from an oil barrel.... More
Nuuk, August 20 (RHC)-- In climate news, rain fell instead of snow on Greenland’s summit — which is nearly two miles above sea level — for the first time on record. The rain came down Saturday as temperatures rose to above freezing for the third time in a decade, during another major melt event.... More
Gaza City, August 20 (RHC)-- While children around the world check their school supplies list and prepare to attend classes, 4,000 Palestinian students are caught up in uncertainty. They do not know when – or if – they will be able to return to their familiar hallways and classrooms.... More
Kabul, August 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. military is flying F/A-18 fighter jets over Kabul amid its desperate evacuation effort as American troops withdraw from Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon.... More
Canberra, August 20 (RHC)-- As the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) battles to contain a third wave of COVID-19 that saw a record 681 new cases on Thursday, a crisis within a crisis is unfolding for Aboriginal people experiencing disproportionately higher rates of infection and hospital admission.... More
Kabul, August 20 (RHC)-- Reports out of Kabul say that Americans looking to leave Afghanistan first have to promise to repay the government for the cost of their evacuations to the tune of “$2,000 or more per person,” but now the State Department says it will waive the fee.... More
Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- The Indigenous Ancestral Authorities of different territories of Guatemala and civil society organizations carried out another day of protests in the streets of the capital on Thursday -- demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei and the Attorney General of the Public Ministry (MP), María Consuelo Porras. ... More
Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has announced plans to begin offering vaccine booster shots starting on September 20, citing new CDC studies showing the declining effectiveness of COVID vaccines. ... More
Geneva, August 20 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has warned that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing new outbreaks of the viral haemorrhagic fevers Marburg and Ebola, risking huge strains on ill-equipped health systems.... More
Caracas, August 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced on Thursday the appointment of new officials who will make up his Executive Cabinet.... More
Damascus, August 20 (RHC)-- Syrian air defenses confronted Israeli attacks against the capital Damascus and the western city of Homs, intercepting most of the missiles fired during the airstrikes.... More
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