Brussels, July 14 (RHC)-- The euro has fallen below the symbolic level of $1.00 for the first time since December 2002, weighed down by the darkening economic outlook for the single-currency area and a possibility of a complete stoppage in Russian gas supplies.... More
Nairobi, July 14 (RHC)-- Countries on Africa’s west coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action.... More
Melilla, July 14 (RHC)-- At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated”, the state-backed National Human Rights Council of Morocco (CNDH) has said.... More
London, July 14 (RHC)-- The BBC reports that British commandos deployed to Afghanistan killed at least 54 Afghans under suspicious circumstances during a six-month tour of Helmand province starting in late 2010. ... More
Jerusalem, July 14 (RHC)-- Ahead of the arrival of the U.S. president to Tel Aviv, the Israeli rights group B’Tselem launched a campaign seeking to turn Biden's attention to the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. ... More
Tel Aviv, July 14 (RHC)-- The Israeli army began confiscating 1,480 dunams of lands belonging to Palestinians north of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, just as U.S. President Joe Biden touched down in Israel to kick off his first trip to the Middle East since taking office.... More
Ramallah, July 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected a request by Shireen Abu Akleh’s family to meet with him during his visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank this week, as pressure mounts on the United States to ensure accountability for the journalist’s killing by Israeli forces.... More
Bogota, July 13 (RHC)-- Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro warned Colombia's leading oil company Ecopetrol about continuing an energy transition plan toward clean energies.... More
Panama City, July 13 (RHC)-- Panamanian unions are demanding answers of the president to 32 demands presented to the administration and the establishment of dialogue tables with representatives of the main sectors of the country.... More
Jerusalem, July 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli officials — the first stop on a four-day Mideast trip that will also take him to the West Bank and to Saudi Arabia, where he’ll meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ... More
Tucson, July 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, Republican Governor Doug Ducey has signed a new state law making it illegal to knowingly film a police officer at a distance of eight feet or closer — unless the officer grants permission. The law also allows officers to order people to stop recording, if they’re on private property and police have the owner’s consent. ... More
Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration says U.S. physicians must provide abortions if a woman person is experiencing a medical emergency and their life is at risk. In a letter to federal health agencies, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said doctors who offer the procedure in states with abortion bans would be protected under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which is federal law.... More
New York, July 13 (RHC)-- Twitter Inc has sued Elon Musk for violating the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world’s richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share, according to a court filing.... More
San Francisco, July 13 (RHC)-- Forty out of the total fifty U.S. states are currently experiencing some form of drought, according to recent data from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Citing the data, The Hill reported that the states of Texas, California and Arizona in the western part of the U.S. were the regions most severely affected by the extreme heat and lack of rainfall.... More
Port-au-Prince, July 13 (RHC)-- Hunger is set to worsen in Haiti amid worsening gang violence, high costs of food and rising inflation, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned, putting humanitarian assistance efforts in the crisis-stricken nation at risk.... More
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