Mexico City, August 15 (RHC)-- The governments of Venezuela and Mexico, among others, have announced the sending of humanitarian aid to Haiti, to attend to the needs of the population that was shaken on Saturday by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which has so far left 304 dead.... More
Havana, August 15 (RHC) Tropical Storm Grace maintained little change in organization and intensity in the last hours and continues on Sunday its rapid movement west-northwestward over the Northeastern Caribbean Sea with a speed of 26 kilometers per hour.... More
Tokyo, August 14 (RHC)-- Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torrential rains cause flooding and mudslides.... More
Port-au-Prince, August 14 (RHC)-- At least 300 people have been killed after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwest Haiti, the country’s civil protection agency said, hours after the quake reduced buildings to rubble and sent terrified residents running out of their homes in search of safety.... More
Caracas, August 14 (RHC)-- President Nicolás Maduro welcomed the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Government and the Venezuelan opposition, in the framework of the dialogue table that began on Friday in Mexico City.... More
Kastamonu, August 14 (RHC)-- The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in coastal Turkey has climbed to at least 42, the country’s emergency and disaster agency said. Families of those missing after Turkey’s worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.... More
Sydney, August 14 (RHC)-- Australia’s most populous state New South Wales (NSW) went into a snap lockdown on Saturday as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. The order comes as locally transmitted infections jumped by 466 over the previous 24 hours in the country’s most populous state.... More
Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- Immigration advocates are criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden’s asylum policies, saying expulsions of migrants at the United States-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective.... More
United Nations, August 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations has urged countries neighboring Afghanistan to keep their borders open as conflict escalates, warning of impending food shortages and the need of many Afghans to seek refuge internationally.... More
Seattle, August 14 (RHC)-- Three major U.S. unions have quit the board of the nation’s oldest consumer advocacy organization, claiming funding from Amazon.com Inc. has compromised the group’s progressive mission.... More
Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday warned of a “heightened” domestic threat from violent “extremists” motivated by new COVID-19 restrictions as well as by anti-government ideology being shared online.... More
Mexico City, August 14 (RHC)-- Venezuelan government and opposition members are starting talks in Mexico City to seek elusive consensus on how to overcome the economic and social crises gripping the country, according to the AFP news agency.... More
Lima, August 14 (RHC)-- The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, said Friday that his government will promote a foreign policy based on "integrationist vocation" and non-intervention.... More
Paris, August 14 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron will boycott a United Nations conference on the fight against racism next month over concerns about “anti-Semitic statements” at previous editions, the presidency said on Friday.... More
Ramallah, August 14 (RHC)-- Israeli security forces used stun grenades to disperse a crowd of Muslim worshippers performing traditional Friday prayers outside the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.... More
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