Ramallah, October 1 (RHC)-- A prisoner advocacy group has said that the Israeli regime has detained more than 135,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada in September 2000. The Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs Commission said in a report that the Israeli regime has persisted in detaining Palestinians from all segments of the society.... More
Toronto, October 1 (RHC)-- Pilots of Canada’s biggest airliner have staged a protest in the city of Toronto to demand better pay and benefits as talks over a new contract continues. North American airlines have been grappling with challenges in recruiting enough trained pilots and crew members in the aftermath of the COVID-19 fallout.... More
Unbeknownst to most protesters who gathered at the White House on the occasion of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, Peltier wasn’t able to celebrate, much less receive reports on how the well-attended event was progressing.... More
Detroit, September 30 (RHC)-- United States autoworkers are expanding their two-week strike to additional locations, with the head of a major union saying 7,000 more workers will join the picket lines as labor talks have failed to advance significantly.... More
Los Angeles, September 30 (RHC)-- Starbucks illegally withheld wage raises and benefits from unionized employees nationwide as the company sought to put a halt to the workers’ groundbreaking union campaign, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge found this week.... More
San Diego, September 30 (RHC)-- Two Mexican migrants have been shot to death on the Mexican side of the border with the United States, Mexico’s National Migration Institute said. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday morning. Another three people suffered gunshot wounds but were assisted by one of the institute’s emergency rescue teams, along with nine others who were not injured.... More
Niamey, September 30 (RHC)-- In Niger, protesters gathered again outside a French military base in the capital Niamey demanding an immediate withdrawal of French troops. French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to remove French troops over the coming months. ... More
San Francisco, September 30 (RHC)-- A government anti-discrimination agency in the United States is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s Tesla, accusing the company of allowing the “pervasive racial harassment” of Black workers at its flagship California car factory, and taking retaliatory action against those who complained.... More
Ramallah, September 30 (RHC)-- Dozens of Palestinians have sustained injuries when Israeli forces used tear gas and gunfire to disperse weekly anti-settlement rallies in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian media outlets, the rallies were staged on Friday in Beit Dajan village and the town of Kafr Qaddum which are located 10 kilometers east and 13 kilometers west of Nablus respectively.... More
Moscow, September 29 (RHC)-- BRICS nations plan to create a money-transferring network competing with the SWIFT international payment system, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says. Speaking to TASS news agency on Thursday, Siluanvo said the creation of an alternative to SWIFT will be discussed within the BRICS next year.... More
Mexico City, September 29 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group is beginning its IX Meeting in the Mexican city that saw the birth of the integrating instance, with the presence of several former presidents and whose purpose will be the presentation of its "progressive foreign policy."... More
Dublin, September 29 (RHC)-- Ireland’s gymnastics federation has issued an apology 18 months after the racist treatment of a young Black girl who was skipped over by an official during a gymnastics medal awarding ceremony in the Republic of Ireland last year.... More
Montevideo, September 29 (RHC)-- Poverty in Uruguay increased and stood at 10.4 percent during the first half of this year, according to the report published Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of that country.... More
Los Angeles, September 29 (RHC)-- In U.S. labor news, television and movie writers are back at work after ending their historic 148-day strike, following an “exceptional” tentative deal on a new contract with Hollywood studios and streaming services. ... More
United Nations, September 29 (RHC)-- Iran has called on the international community to stand up to "nuclear rhetoric" by the Israeli regime, which recently called for a "nuclear threat" against the Islamic Republic.... More
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