Algiers, August 12 (RHC)-- In Algeria, at least 42 people have been killed as wildfires blaze through several rural areas, burning homes and forests to the ground. ... More
London, August 11 (RHC)-- A British judge is granting the United States government extra grounds to appeal a refusal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after it argued the initial ruling relied on a witness who misled the court.... More
London, August 11 (RHC)-- The UK government is deporting another group of people of Jamaican descent back to the Caribbean country, which has caused an outcry among migrant rights advocates saying the move is unfair and politically motivated.... More
Quito, August 11 (RHC)-- Workers, teachers, students, transporters and indigenous people of Ecuador carried out a large mobilization on Wednesday against the increase in fuel prices, among other products.... More
Ramallah, August 11 (RHC)-- Palestinian resistance groups have condemned a recent visit by a U.S. delegation to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, saying such provocations embolden the Tel Aviv regime to keep violating Palestinians’ rights.... More
Geneva, August 11 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has urged the 20 leaders with the power to overturn the "disgraceful" global imbalance in access to COVID-19 vaccines to reverse the tide before October.... More
Brasilia, August 11 (RHC)-- Brazilian parliamentarians have raised strong objections to the deployment of military troops and war tanks, before the plenary in the House that ended up approving a series of neoliberal measures.... More
Bogota, August 11 (RHC)-- The plenary of the Colombian Senate approved on Tuesday to examine the intervention of former Colombian military in mercenary operations in the world and, in particular, in the assassination of Haiti's president that took place last month, in July.... More
Brasilia, August 11 (RHC)-- Members of the National Union of Students (UNE) of Brazil and other youth organizations carried out a national mobilization on Wednesday, through which they demand quality public education and call for the resignation of President Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- There are reports out of washington that Amazon has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. military. According to sources at the Pentagon, the National Security Agency, the NSA, has been attempting to modernize its repository for classified data, triggering a battle between tech giants, including Microsoft, to win cloud computing contract.... More
London, August 11 (RHC)-- In Britain, U.S. lawyers are presenting their case in a preliminary hearing, challenging a court’s decision to halt the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.... More
United Nations, August 11 (RHC)-- A UN Security Council meeting on maritime security has turned into a scene of a heated exchange between Chinese and U.S. officials, with the Chinese envoy taking the Americans to task for threatening peace in the South China Sea, after the U.S. secretary of state accused Beijing of using bullying tactics.... More
Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket in the United States and have soared to their highest levels of the pandemic in some states with low vaccination rates. ... More
Ottawa, August 11 (RHC)-- Canada has reopened its border to U.S. travelers for the first time since March 2020. ... More
Managua, August 11 (RHC)-- The Government of Nicaragua condemned and regretted this Tuesday the interference of Spain in its internal affairs. In a statement issued in Managua, the Foreign Ministry repudiated "the inadmissible interference of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain in Nicaragua's internal affairs, which only correspond to our country and our people."... More
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