Beijing, March 22 (RHC) -- China will "take all necessary measures" to defend its rights and interests, an official with the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday, responding to media reports that the United States will soon release results of a Section 301 investigation against China. ... More


Havana, March 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has slumped to a new low in popularity ratings, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.... More


Havana, March 22 (RHC)-- March 22 is World Water Day. The United Nations observance recalls that here are over 663 million people worldwide living without a safe water supply close to home.... More


Leobardo Vazquez Atzin was shot dead on Wednesday night inside his home (Facebook account Photo)

Mexico City, March 22 (RHC)-- Mexican journalist Leobardo Vazquez Atzin, who ran news website Enlace Gutierrez Zamora, was shot dead Wednesday in the eastern state of Veracruz.... More


Paris, March 22 (RHC)-- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and illegal campaign financing over allegations that Muammar Gaddafi, the slain Libyan leader, helped fund his 2007 election campaign.... More


Nicolas Maduro and Daniel Ortega

Managua, March 21 (RHC)-- The government of Nicaragua has published a letter condemning Peru's decision to exclude Venezuela from the VIII Summit of the Americas, scheduled to take place in April, in Lima, Peru.... More


Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Lima, March 21 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has resigned following the latest scandal resulting from a series of videos in which his supporters  are seen trying to buy votes in Congress to avoid an impeachment process, the Peruvian press reported.   ... More


United Nations, March 21 (RHC)-- The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodriguez, has advocated for a world free from racism and where full equality of rights for all is respected, which even today is so distant. ... More


Security forces at the school in Dapchi after the kidnapping.  Photo AFP/Getty Images

Lagos, March 21 (RHC)-- Boko Haram militants freed scores of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls on Wednesday.The girls had been kidnapped from the town of Dapchi last month.... More


The attack happened as many Afghans are marking the Nowruz holiday, a celebration of the start of spring [Reuters]

Kabul, March 21 (RHC)--At least 26 people have been reported killed and 18 others wounded in a mid-day explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul.... More


French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. File Photo

Paris, March 20 (RHC)-- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody Tuesday and questioned over allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi financed his 2007 election campaign via suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to the inquiry told AFP.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Caracas, March 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has strongly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to prohibit “all transactions" with "any digital currency" issued by the Venezuelan government, referring to the cryptocurrency promoted by the Venezuelan authorities, known as "Petro."... More


Images of demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro

Río de Janeiro, March 19 (RHC)-- About 2,000 people marched through the Mare favela in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in memory of human rights activist Marielle Franco, who was gunned down and assassinated according to the first elements of the investigation.... More


The European Union (EU) and Britain on Monday reached a Brexit transition deal, which is expected to be signed off by leaders during Friday's EU Summit.... More


Caracas, March 19 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government reiterated its invitation to any international organizations, especially the United Nations, that wish to observe the upcoming May 20 presidential elections in the South American country.... More


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