Panama City, July 18 (RHC)-- The United States Geological Survey (USGS) registered this Saturday a 6.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Panama. According to the USGS, the earthquake was registered in the area of Punta Burica, located in the Panamanian province of Chiriqui, the telluric movement was 130 kilometers to the south... More
Berlin, July 18 (RHC)-- The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 180 on Sunday after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and ripped up roads and power lines.... More
Santiago de Chile, July 18 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Chilean citizens living abroad began to exercise their right to vote on Sunday in the presidential primary elections. Chile's Electoral Service (Servel) indicated on its Twitter social network account that the first to exercise their right to vote were the compatriots residing in New Zealand and Australia.... More
Pretoria, July 18 (RHC)-- Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual celebration in honor of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on July 18th -- Mandela's birthday.... More
San Juan, July 18 (RHC)-- On July 18, 1930 another freedom fighter was born. Puerto Rican nationalist Rafael Cancel Miranda was born 91 years ago today.... More
La Paz, July 17 (RHC)-- The Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, reported on the formation of a broad front of media in order to combat disinformation among the peoples of the region.... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has expressed its rejection of Chile's decision to grant asylum to Emilio Grateron, wanted for being one of the main promoters of perpetrating acts of violence . In a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Venezuela maintained that with this decision, Chile contributes to "whitewash the violence suffered by the Caracas population in the last weeks, by welcoming in its embassy in Caracas one of its main promoters."... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has affirmed that the Latin American region is facing an historic dispute for the defense of its autonomy and rights.... More
Buenos Aires, July 17 (RHC)-- As part of the Strategic Vaccination Plan against COVID-19, promoted by the Government of Argentina, another 768,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm arrived over the weekend, coming from Beijing.... More
Sydney, July 17 (RHC)-- The Australian city of Sydney has ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new COVID-19 cases kept rising three weeks into a citywide lockdown.... More
Brussels, July 17 (RHC)-- Emergency workers in western Germany and Belgium rushed to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as the death toll from devastating floods rose to more than 125 people. Authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said 63 people died there, including 12 residents of an assisted-living facility for disabled people in the town of Sinzig who were surprised by a sudden rush of water from the nearby Ahr River.... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- About two-thirds of Republicans in over a dozen Southern U.S. states have said they support breaking away from the United States and establishing their own country with neighboring states, while almost half of Democrats on the West Coast said they would do the same.... More
Ramallah, July 17 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says the international community, particularly the United Nations Security Council, must uphold their responsibilities and stop Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds and the rest of Palestine.... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that popular intelligence led to the neutralization of more than 30 members of criminal gangs that carried out violent actions last July 7 in the southwest of Caracas, capital of the country.... More
Damascus, July 17 (RHC)-- U.S. military vehicles, including tanker trucks laden with stolen Syrian oil, have left the Khrab al-Jir base in the northeastern province of Hasakah for Iraq over the past 24 hours.... More
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