Washington, July 15 (RHC)-- The United States Army is poised to lay off nearly 60,000 of its staffers over the next two years to save money, a report says. The troop cut comprises 40,000 soldiers and an additional 17,000 Army civilian employees, according documents obtained by USA Today, which said in a report that the plan would "affect virtually all of domestic and foreign posts." ... More
Washington, July 15 (RHC)-- Leaked documents appear to show an Italy-based private spyware company known as the Hacking Team was selling its products to U.S. law enforcement agencies and repressive governments around the world. ... More
New York, July 15 (RHC)-- New York City has agreed to pay more than $300,000 to six Occupy Wall Street protesters who were doused with pepper spray by police in an encounter which helped ignite the movement. ... More
Caracas, July 15 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received from the head of Parliament, Diosdado Cabello, the document approved unanimously by the legislature in support of the territorial claim on Guyana, which manages the government of the South American country.... More
Brasilia, July 15 (RHC)-- The 18th Social Summit of MERCOSUR, the Southern Common Market, began discussions in the Brazilian capital, attended by more than 200 representatives of popular movements from Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil.... More
Buenos Aires, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales' meeting with his Argentinean counterpart Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday will focus not only on bilateral agreements between the two nations, but also South America's independence history, Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported. ... More
Mexico City, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexico's National Security Commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido, delivered a press conference on Tuesday describing three videos, particularly the one inside the cell of the world's most wanted and most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who escaped a second time from a maximum security prison in Mexico on Saturday.... More
Addis Ababa, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is demanding concrete and measurable action on ensuring access to development financing, especially for vulnerable countries, Prensa Latina reported on Tuesday. ... More
Caracas, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan lawmaker Freddy Bernal has called for national unity in support of President Nicolas Maduro anti-crime plan. ... More
Santiago de Chile, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 52,000 retired people in Chile were forced to re-enter the labor market last year because their pensions were too low to cover the cost of living, according to new government statistics released on Tuesday. ... More
La Paz, July 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Farmers in southeast Bolivia rescued two Andean condors, after the endangered South American birds were poisoned by scavenging a dog that had also been poisoned, Diario Libre reported on Tuesday. ... More
Vienna, July 14 (RHC)-- Well over a decade of negotiations on Iran’s civilian nuclear program have finally reached a conclusion, with the Islamic Republic and its latest interlocutors, the P5+1, sealing an agreement. ... More
Quito, July 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The headquarters of the ruling PAIS Alliance party in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, was damaged in a bomb attack late Monday. ... More
Tehran, July 14 (RHC)-- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic achieved all four objectives it was seeking throughout intensive nuclear talks with six world powers. ... More
Sanaa, July 14 (RHC)-- Fresh Saudi airstrikes have reportedly pounded different areas across Yemen in a blatant violation of a UN-sponsored ceasefire in the Arabian Peninsula country. Saudi warplanes hit a residential area as well as a military base in the capital Sanaa, al-Masirah news channel reported. However, there have been no immediate reports of casualties. ... More
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