Brasilia, December 30 (RHC)-- Brazil will seek to reform the country’s tax laws next year, unelected President Michel Temer announced on Thursday after pushing in recent months controversial proposals to overhaul the South American nation’s pension system and labor code. ... More
Washington, December 30 (RHC)-- A number of Orthodox Jewish activists have staged a demonstration in front of the White House to celebrate the recent UN Security Council rebuke of Israel's illegal settlement construction on the occupied Palestinian lands. ... More
Bogota, December 30 (RHC)-- Colombia's National Liberation Army, the ELN, has reiterated their commitment to peace and dialogue with the national government of President Juan Manuel Santos. ... More
Santiago de Chile, December 30 (RHC)-- An independent left-wing senator running for president in Chile's 2017 election is leading in a head-to-head matchup against the right's front-runner, according to a recent poll, spicing up a race once expected to feature only establishment favorites.... More
Tel Aviv, December 30 (RHC)-- In Israel, Police have called for a full-blown criminal investigation into a corruption case involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.... More
Moscow, December 29 (RHC)-- Russian investigators looking into the crash of a military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, believe a fault with its wing flaps was the reason it plunged into the Black Sea, an investigative source told the Interfax news agency. ... More
United Nations, December 29 (RHC)-- Incoming UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the crisis in Syria "has become a cancer on a global scale." ... More
New York, December 29 (RHC)-- U.S. President–elect Donald Trump first voiced alarm that his transition into power is not as smooth as he expected it to be, censuring President Barack Obama for his “inflammatory” statements. ... More
Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the United States' decision to abstain -- and not veto -- a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, saying Israel’s policies put the so-called two-state solution “in serious jeopardy.”... More
Buenos Aires, December 29 (RHC)-- Argentinean human rights activist Milagro Sala was sentenced to three years probation ("suspended prison sentence") Wednesday for “aggravated damage” to a public official after organizing a protest with her popular social organization Tupac Amaru.... More
Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- The Israeli ambassador to the United States says that Tel Aviv has "evidence" that Washington was "actually behind" what led up to a UN resolution against Israel, asserting that such information will only be given to President-elect Donald Trump.... More
Damascus, December 28 (RHC)-- Russia says its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has been hit by two mortar shells.... More
Ankara, December 28 (RHC)-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has "confirmed evidence" that the U.S.-led coalition is supporting Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria.... More
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Brasilia, December 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian senate-imposed president Michel Temer has announced a labor reform that expands workdays from 8 to 12 hours, cutting lunch time to half an hour and reducing holidays.... More
London, December 28 (RHC)-- Argentina and the UK have agreed to identify bodies buried on the Malvinas Islands, which both countries fought a war over in 1982.... More
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