Santiago de Chile, March 8 (RHC)-- Eleven foreign ministers have signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to slash tariffs among member nations by 2019. ... More
Washington, March 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department is suing California over the state’s so-called sanctuary laws, which limit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agents. ... More
Vatican City, March 8 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has announced that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero had been put on the path to sainthood. The Pope stated that Romero should be canonized or declared a saint following a theological and medical commission's approval of a miracle attributed to the late archbishop. The head of the Catholic church made the announcement at a meeting of cardinals. ... More
Madrid, March 8 (RHC)-- Women across the world are taking to the streets on Thursday, March 8th, International Women’s Day. ... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, has announced he will resign, amid a dispute about Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. ... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President George W. Bush has said that President Donald Trump makes him "look pretty good," according to a Republican source. The source close to the Trump administration made the comments in an interview with National Journal.... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Dow Chemical lawyer Peter Wright to head up an Environmental Protection Agency unit tasked with overseeing the disposal of hazardous waste and chemical spills at toxic Superfund sites. ... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Iran is responsible for "darkness descending" on the Middle East, hailing the US administration's threat to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.... More
Brasilia, March 7 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that a block be removed allowing the access to the banking transactions statements of the account of President Michel Temer.... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- A top U.S. official says that the Guantanamo Bay detention center could easily accommodate "a couple dozen" more inmates should the Trump administration decide to send new prisoners to the much-maligned facility. ... More
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Brasilia, March 7 (RHC)-- Brazil's 4th Region State Public Prosecutor has requested that former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva immediately start serving his 12-year and one-month sentence ordered by the Fourth Regional Federal Court, or TRF-4. ... More
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Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has considered new military action against the Syrian government on the allegations that it has used chemical weapons against militants, according to officials, raising the prospect of a second U.S. strike on the government in less than a year.... More
.jpg "Former members of Colombian guerrilla group ELN walk to a military base to surrender and handover their weapons, in Cali July 16, 2013. Photo: Reuters")
Bogota, March 7 (RHC)-- At least 10 rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN) were killed when the Colombian army bombed one of their camps in the department of Antioquia, local media reported Tuesday. ... More
Brussels, March 6 (RHC)-- Record-breaking snowstorms battered parts of Europe, Canada and the United States, where at least eight people were killed amid the blizzards. Canada’s eastern province of Ontario saw the heaviest snowfall in nearly two decades. ... More
Tallahassee, March 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, the state Senate met for a rare session in which lawmakers voted down a proposal to ban assault rifles in the wake of the February 14th massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. ... More
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