Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump sat watching television in the White House and refused to contact law enforcement authorities when his unruly supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 last year, witnesses have told a congressional committee.... More


Damascus, July 22 (RHC)-- An Israeli attack killed three Syrian soldiers and injured seven others near Damascus, the Syrian defense ministry has said.  “The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike … from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan … The aggression killed three soldiers and wounded seven others,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday.... More


Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (RHC)-- At least 18 people have been killed in a Brazilian police raid on a sprawling complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro, state military police said, in the latest deadly police operation in the city’s impoverished communities.... More


Panama City, July 22 (RHC)-- Protesters in Panama have brought much of their nation to a halt, setting up roadblocks to demand more jobs, relief from soaring food and fuel prices, and an end to official corruption. ... More


Mexico City, July 22 (RHC)-- The Society of Jesus in Mexico has published a statement demanding justice for priests Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered on June 20 in Cerocahui, Chihuahua.... More


San Salvador, July 22 (RHC)-- El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has extended a nationwide state of emergency, citing the risk of criminal gangs.... More


Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- The United States says it has repatriated a Guantánamo Bay prisoner to his home country of Afghanistan.  The U.S. released Asadullah Haroon Gul last month after he was jailed at Guantánamo Bay for 15 years without trial.... More


Atlanta, July 22 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to testify to a grand jury in Georgia as part of a criminal probe into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. ... More


Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Massachusetts to outline new efforts to combat the climate crisis.  Biden spoke from a former coal plant in Somerset, which is being converted into a plant to make supplies for offshore wind farms.... More


Atlanta, July 22 (RHC)-- A federal appeals court in the U.S. state of Georgia has ruled that the state’s near-total ban on abortions can take effect immediately.  ... More


Madrid, July 22 (RHC)-- Three men have died after suffering severe injuries during bull runs in eastern Spain, according to emergency services.  Two men – aged 50 and 46 – died after being violently struck by bulls on Tuesday at a bull run held in a suburb of the eastern port city of Valencia, a local emergency services spokesman said.... More


Brasilia, July 21 (RHC)-- Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was officially nominated by his left-wing Workers' Party (PT)  to run against far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades.... More


San Juan, July 21 (RHC)-- Thousands of Puerto Ricans from different social sectors mobilized this Wednesday from the Capitol to the Government headquarters in San Juan to demand that the Government cancel the contract with the private company LUMA, in charge for a year of the electricity supply in the country.... More


Panama City, July 21 (RHC)--The National Coordination of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (Coonapip) began a strike this Wednesday to demand the Government the titling of lands, as well as access to the gasoline subsidy in force since this week.... More


Ramallah, July 21 (RHC)-- Thousands of Israeli settlers have attempted to set up new illegal settlement outposts in six locations across the occupied West Bank.  Groups of Jewish youth and families arrived at the earmarked locations in buses, on foot and in vehicles throughout Wednesday, bearing Israeli flags and camping tents under the protection of the Israeli army and police.... More


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