Washington, December 19 (RHC)-- Researchers have developed a new outfit that promises better protective care for health workers fighting the deadly Ebola epidemic. The new suit developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University is more comfortable but less likely to accidentally infect its users. ... More
Phoenix, December 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, the final undecided congressional race from this year’s midterm elections has been called in favor of a Republican candidate. ... More
Caracas, December 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said that the U.S. sanctions against Venezuela are “a policy that is destined to fail.”... More
Montevideo, December 19 (RHC-Mercopress) -– The role played by Uruguay's President in the process which led to Wednesday's announcement that the United States and Cuba are working to restore full diplomatic ties, was praised by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro and international analysts.... More
Mexico City, December 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The president of Mexico's Electoral Institute has denied the Ayotzinapa victims families’ demand that elections in Guerrero be cancelled.... More
Buenos Aires, December 19 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A recent MERCOSUR leaders' summit in Argentina's Entre Rios Province has served to ratify the direction in which the trade bloc will head, Provincial Governor Sergio Urribarri said Thursday.... More
Lima, December 19 (RHC-Andina) -- The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20), included the topic “health” for the first time in the conference history, affirmed Peru’s Environment minister, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Friday. The mega conference was held in Lima, Peru on December 1st to the 14th.... More
Havana, December 18 (RHC-Mercopress) -- The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, has welcomed the “historic announcement” made by the Presidents of Cuba and the United States, Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, of the efforts to resume diplomatic relations between the two countries, the lifting of certain commercial restrictions and the beginning of new paths for cooperation on issues of mutual interest.... More
United Nations, December 18 (RHC)-- Palestinians have submitted a draft UN Security Council resolution in an effort to end Israeli occupation by the end of 2017. The draft was presented to the UN by Jordan, said Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour at a press conference on Wednesday. ... More
Ramallah, December 18 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have abducted at least eight Palestinians, including two minors, during overnight operations on a number of houses across the occupied East Jerusalem. ... More
London, December 18 (RHC)-- The official death toll from an Ebola outbreak in West Africa is climbing toward 7,000 as a new report faults the international community for its slow response. ... More
London, December 18 (RHC)-- Students have staged a rally in the British capital London to protest against the austerity measures planned by the city's mayor. On Wednesday, British students launched a demonstration outside the City Hall, the headquarters of the mayor of London, to show their opposition to Mayor Boris Johnson's plans to cut down on investment in education and youth services. ... More
Parana, December 18 (RHC-PL) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described the release of three counter-terrorist fighters imprisoned more than 16 years ago in the United States as an “historic victory.”... More
Lima, December 18 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru's President Ollanta Humala welcomed the announcement about an approach between the United States and Cuba by emphasizing it to be "a key, historic and brave step” in favor of Americas' integration process.... More
Peshawar, December 18 (RHC)-- Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of the victims of a terrorist attack on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. On Tuesday, people in the northwestern city of Peshawar began burying the corpses of 132 students and nine staff of the army-run school who lost their lives following the deadly terrorist attack earlier in the day. ... More
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