PYONGYANG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday reiterated its call for South Korea to lift the May 24 sanctions imposed by the Lee Myung-bak administration after the sinking of South Korea's Cheonan warship in March 2010.... More
Beijing, March 24 (Xinhua-RHC) -- China's economy will grow 7.2 percent in 2015 and 7.0 percent in 2016, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted in a report published Tuesday.... More
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging president Barack Obama to send weapons to Ukraine, to bolster Kyiv’s fight against separatist rebels in the country’s east.... More
LISBON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A group of scientists from the Portuguese Universidade Nova (UNL) who are researching Alzheimer's, a neurodegenerative disease, were awarded a prize by bank Santander Totta/UNL on Monday, according to Portuguese Lusa News Agency.... More
United Nations, March 23 (RHC)-- The United Nations special envoy to Yemen says the severe political conflict is leading the Arab country towards a civil war. “Events in Yemen are leading the country away from political settlement and to the edge of civil war,” Jamal Benomar told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in a video briefing from Qatar on Sunda... More
Quito, March 23 (teleSUR-RHC) The government of Ecuador released an official statement on Sunday refuting a story by Agence France-Presse, which published a series of statements by President Rafel Correa about an alleged U.S. infiltration in a series of opposition protests staged last week. ... More
Berlin, March 23 (RHC)-- Huge crowds across the world have taken part in a series of rallies to condemn what they see as rising racism and fascism in the United States and Western states. ... More
Bogota, March 23 (teleSUR-RHC) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said Sunday that process of clearing land mines will consist of several stages, starting with a "humanitarian" removal of land mines. ... More
Madrid, March 23 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Spanish capital, Madrid, to protest against the government’s harsh austerity measures that have led to high unemployment rates in the cash-strapped country.... More
Washington, March 23 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote in mid-April on a controversial bill requiring U.S. President Barack Obama to submit any agreement with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program for a congressional review.... More
Paris, March 23 (RHC)-- The French prime minister has unveiled a set of phone and internet spying rules against suspected terrorists, saying the country has never faced so great a terrorist threat. “Because we often cannot predict the threat, the services must have the power to react quickly… There cannot be a lawless zone in the digital space,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in Paris, referring to the new surveillance measures.... More
La Paz, March 23 (teleSUR-RHC) Bolivian President Evo Morales will deliver a speech at the upcoming People’s Summit during the sidelines of the Summit of the America’s, which will be held in Panama City on April, where leaders from social movements from throughout the continent will meet to discuss the region’s current geopolitical landscape. ... More
Kiev, March 23 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Ukraine will suspend natural gas imports from Russia starting April 1st, the country's Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.... More
Washington, March 23 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Monday announced his 2016 presidential bid, making him the first candidate to enter what is expected to be a crowded Republican primary.... More
Paris, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Paris began on Monday to restrict car use as a measure to fight surging air pollution in France, with police checking car plate numbers on the streets.... More
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