Winnipeg, July 2 (RHC)-- Protesters tore down several statues at the Manitoba legislature, including a bust of Queen Elizabeth II, during a heated rally on Canada Day, venting outrage over the discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous schoolchildren.... More


New Delhi, July 2 (RHC)-- Tens of millions of people in India are suffering under a severe heatwave that has pushed the temperature to a nine-year high in capital New Delhi as monsoon rains run behind schedule.... More


Baghdad, July 2 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years — a key center of command in America’s longest war.  ... More


United Nations, July 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia has recognized that the demonstrations and protests in the context of the National Strike express an "unprecedented social unrest" in the South American country.... More


Gaza City, July 2 (RHC)-- Israel said its fighter jets targeted a weapons manufacturing site in the Gaza Strip overnight on Friday in the latest attack since a ceasefire ended May’s attacks.  Security sources with Hamas said the raids hit training sites and no casualties were reported.... More


New Delhi, July 2 (RHC)-- India has reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums.... More


Panama City, July 2 (RHC)-- In Panama, the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (Frenadeso) called a national mobilization on Thursday to protest the actions of the current government. ... More


Tripoli, July 2 (RHC)-- A non-profit sea rescue group has slammed Libya’s coastguard after it witnessed the Libyan maritime authorities in what it described as chasing a crowded migrant boat and shooting in its direction in an apparent effort to stop it from crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.... More


Montevideo, July 2 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) of Uruguay announced an increase in the price of fuels from the early hours of Thursday, July 1st.  The new prices will mean an increase in rates for the second consecutive month.... More


Tel Aviv, July 2 (RHC)-- One month before engaging in the 11-day attacks of May that resulted in the deaths of more than 250 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, the Israeli army posted a TikTok video where plane pilots celebrate Israel’s independence to the sound of “Pretty Boy Swag.”... More


Monrovia, July 2 (RHC)-- Driving past warehouses and overgrown walls, an ambulance pulls up at a side entrance of a former medical centre at a disused United Nations military base in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.... More


Bogota, July 2 (RHC)-- Colombia closed the month of June with more than 17,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus, making it the deadliest month since the beginning of the pandemic.... More


Copenhagen, July 2 (RHC)-- A third wave of infections is now inevitable unless citizens and  legislators are “disciplined,” the World Health Organization (WHO) warns, saying a 10-week decline in new coronavirus infections across Europe has come to an end.... More


New York, July 1 (RHC)-- The Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer pleaded not guilty to fraud and theft charges in the first criminal case to emerge from a years-long investigation of former President Donald Trump and his business dealings.... More


La Paz, July 1 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Wednesday that beginning Thursday, July 1st, the vaccination program for those over 18 years of age will begin... More


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