Mendocino wildfire now fourth largest in California history.  Photo: AFP

Sacramento, August 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, the Mendocino Complex fire is now the largest fire in California history... More


Photo shows the scene of a deadly accident that claimed the lives of 12 refugee workers near the city of Foggia in the southern Italian region of Puglia on Augu

Rome, August 7 (RHC)-- Twelve refugee workers have lost their lives in southern Italy when the van they were traveling in collided with a semi-truck.... More


Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans now have their copy of the text of the country’s draft constitution, as they get ready for popular discussion of the proposed Magna Carta.... More


Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- The challenges for Latin American and Caribbean economies in the current circumstances of global crisis and the need to promote integration will be in focus of a scholarly debate in Havana next month.... More


Nicolas Maduro at Saturday's ceremony in Caracas.  Photo: teleSUR

Caracas, August 6 (RHC)-- Messages and statements of support and solidarity from world leaders, governments and intellectuals continue pouring in as they condemned Saturday's assassination attempt against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


United Nations warns of attack on reporters in the United States of Trump.  Photo: File

United Nations, August 6 (RHC)-- United Nations officials have condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric against the media.   ... More


U.N. agency for Palestinians lays off hundreds as U.S. cuts funding.  Photo: UNRWA logo

United Nations, August 6 (RHC)-- The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees -- known as UNRWA -- has announced that it’s laying off 250 workers, after the Trump administration slashed $300 million in funding. ... More


Fathers and sons launch strike in Texas immigration jail.  Photo: Karnes Detention Center

El Paso, August 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, immigrant rights groups say more than 500 fathers and sons who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, then reunited inside a for-profit immigration jail, have launched a strike and are refusing orders from ICE and guards from the GEO Group corporation. ... More


Separated immigrant child dies shortly after release from ICE jail.  Photo: AFP

Houston, August 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, the American Immigration Lawyers Association says a migrant toddler who was separated from her family as part of President Trump’s “zero tolerance” border policy died shortly after being released from the Dilley Family Detention Center. ... More


White House planning to further slash refugee admissions to U.S.   Photo: AP

Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports that the Donald Trump administration is considering a plan to sharply reduce the number of refugees allowed to settle in the United States. ... More


Antarctic ice melt speeding up, threatening coastal cities worldwide.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- In the United States, a recent study finds global warming is accelerating the melting of Antarctica’s ice sheet, adding about 200 billion tons of water to the planet’s oceans each year and threatening to inundate coastal communities around the globe. ... More


Havana, August 4 (RHC) – Cuban revolutionary leader Raul Castro and President Miguel Díaz-Canel strongly condemned the attack perpetrated this Saturday in Caracas against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.... More


Caracas, August 4 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an attack on his life during a military parade Saturday evening celebrating the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard in the capital, Caracas.... More


Havana, Aug 4 (RHC) – Cuban nationals living abroad will be allowed to participate in the debates surrounding the new constitution project, the Cuban Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. ... More


President Miguel  Diaz Canel speaks to local authorities in Holguin Provice. Estudios Revolucion Photo

Havana, August 4 (RHC)—Cuba´s president Miguel Díaz-Canel urged citizens on Friday to prepare very well for the popular consultation on the draft Constitution that will be held from August 13th through November 15.... More


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