London, June 22 (RHC)-- Whistleblower website WikiLeaks says it will publish over 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents on the Internet over the upcoming weeks. In a statement, WikiLeaks said internal reports from Saudi government organizations and communications between the country's embassies across the world will be included in the documents.... More
New York, June 22 (RHC)-- U.S. drone pilots are psychologically being worn-down because of the criminal character of their efforts, says political commentator Brian Becker. He made the comments when asked about a recent report by the New York Times that America's drone operators "are burning out, and the Air Force is being forced to cut back on the flights."... More
San Juan, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Puerto Rico’s teachers union went on strike Saturday to protest the closure of 63 schools as part of education cuts, which were undertaken to save money as the country experiences economic crisis. ... More
Quito, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has praised the gains made in improving safety and security in the country. Speaking during his weekly television program over the weekend, Correa announced a 25 percent drop in the homicide rate from January to April of this year as compared the same period last year. “This is leading us to becoming one of the safest countries in the region,” said Correa, while adding that rates of other crimes had also dropped considerably. ... More
Mexico City, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican Secretariat for Public Education (SEP) announced on Sunday it has suspended the teacher evaluations in the states of Oaxaca and Michoacan, saying “the necessary conditions” were not in place for the process to go ahead. ... More
Quito, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, reiterated on Saturday that there is a plan underway to overthrow the elected government, and called on his supporters to defend the achievements of the Citizen’s Revolution against the destabilizing attempts of the right.... More
Mexico City, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Canadian mining company has spilled an estimated 1,200 gallons of toxic waste into a river in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Mexican media reported Saturday. ... More
Guatemala City, June 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- As Guatemala's campaign for general elections gets underway under highly unusual political circumstances, 84 percent of Guatemalans agree that President Otto Perez Molina should resign from office, Guatemala's Prensa Libre reported on Friday. ... More
Mexico City, June 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 10 people have been killed in a bar in Mexico's northern state of Nuevo Leon in an apparent rivalry between local gangs, according to officials. ... More
Athens, June 20 (RHC)-- The Greek debt crisis remains at an impasse after talks with eurozone finance ministers failed to reach a solution. The Greek government and European creditors are at odds over a deal before Greece’s current bailout expires at the end of month. ... More
Charleston, June 20 (RHC)-- The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) says the recent shooting in South Carolina “was an act of racial terrorism.” ... More
Atlanta, June 20 (RHC)-- Nearly 20 known hate groups currently operate in the US state of South Carolina, where a white gunman killed 9 African Americans at a historic black church on Wednesday, according to civil rights advocacy organization. ... More
Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- Guns in the United States are mostly used for purposes other than self-defense, a gun control advocacy group says, debunking what the country’s gun lobby attempts to promote. ... More
Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- A federal appeals court has reinstated a decade-old case that could hold senior George W. Bush administration officials to account for their roles in the post-9/11 detentions, abuse and religious profiling of Muslim, Arab and South Asian men.... More
Sydney, June 20 (RHC)-- The cost of global war in the year 2014 reached $14.3 trillion, or 13.4 percent of the global gross domestic product, a report by the Institute for Economics and Peace says. Last year, the cost of global conflict equaled the combined economies of Britain, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada, and Spain, according to a recent report by the Australia-based group. ... More
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