Mexico City, January 26 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Women's rights specialists and activists from around the world gathered at a forum Monday in Merida, the capital of Mexico's state of Yucatan, to discuss the roles of women, especially in the knowledge and innovation economy. ... More


Mexico City, January 26 (RHC-XINHUA) -- After displacing over 100,000 South Americans with severe floods in 2015, the El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to wreak more havoc in the region well into 2016. ... More


Yaoundé, January 26 (RHC)-- Over two dozen people have lost their lives in three bomb attacks targeting a local market in Cameroon’s volatile northern region, a security source says. A police source said that the initial death toll stood at 29, noting that the toll included the three bombers. ... More


Tripoli, January 26 (RHC)-- Libya’s internationally-recognized parliament has rejected a political agreement and a deal on establishing a unity government in an apparent blow to efforts by the United Nations to settle the conflict in the country. ... More


Tel Aviv, January 26 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has ratified plans to build over 150 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli rights group Peace Now says. ... More


United Nations, January 26 (RHC)-- The United Nations is calling on African Union states to help pull South Sudan's parties out of a deadlock in the country's peace process. ... More


Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has asked the American Psychological Association, the APA, to reverse its ban on involving psychologists in national security interrogations, including those at Guantánamo Bay and other prisons. ... More


London, January 26 (RHC)-- According to the report by the British Office of National Statistics, ONS, the inflation rose to 0.2 percent in the year ending in December, up from 0.1 percent in the year ending in November. ... More


Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- Scientists have reported 2015 was the hottest year on record by far. The experts pinned the record-breaking heat on long-term global warming caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. ... More


Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- A new analysis by The New York Times finds drug overdoses are driving the death rate of young white adults in the United States to levels not seen since the end of the AIDS epidemic more than two decades ago. ... More


Quito, January 25 (RHC)-- National Coordinators of the 33 member states of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), met Monday in Quito, Ecuador, to review the documents that will be discussed and approved by regional leaders during the bloc's 4th Summit, set for Wednesday.... More


Caracas, January 25 (RHC)-- Nearly 80% of Venezuelans support a socialist economic model, with state and private companies coexisting peacefully, journalist José Vicente Rangel has announced in his TV program 'José Vicente Hoy'.... More


Port-au-Prince, January 25 (RHC)-- In Haiti, Jovenel Moise, presidential candidate for the ruling Farmers' Response Party has called for a new date for the country's run-off elections.... More


Havana, January 25 (RHC)-- On Monday, the United Nations Security Council debated a proposal presented by President Juan Manuel Santos to create a verification mission to monitor an eventual ceasefire between his government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More


Geneva, January 25 (RHC)-- UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said Monday the new date for the start of long-awaited peace talks on the conflict in Syria is Friday, January 29th. ... More


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