Muscat, November 12 (RHC)-- Russia’s deputy foreign minister says he is “reasonably optimistic” that Iran and the P-5+1 group of world powers can reach a comprehensive nuclear deal before the November 24 deadline despite the remaining disagreements. ... More


Bogotá, November 12 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The regulation of the use of marijuana for medical purposes was approved in the first debate of a Senate committee in Colombia on Tuesday.... More


St. Louis, November 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, Governor Jay Nixon says he is prepared to redeploy the National Guard after a grand jury reaches its decision in the Michael Brown case. On Tuesday, Nixon said Guard members will be on standby should protests erupt. ... More


New York, November 12 (RHC)-- The New York City doctor who contracted Ebola after treating patients in West Africa has been released from the hospital after being declared Ebola-free. ... More


San Salvador, November 12 (teleSUR-RHC), -- The campaign to free 17 women challenges El Salvador’s abortion law enacted in 1998, which makes abortion illegal in all cases, even when a women's life is in danger or in circumstances of rape, incest, or a deformed fetus. This country is one of 28 in the world that prohibits abortion in all cases.... More


Kingston, November 12 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Jamaica's minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Robert Pickersgill, is urging Caribbean leaders to develop a joint strategy on climate change issues, saying the region needs a stronger voice in the international arena.... More


Gaza Strip, November 11 (RHC)-- Many Palestinians are still suffering from displacement as their homes were destroyed during Israel's recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. ... More


Caracas, November 11 (RHC-EFE) –- The Venezuelan government will abolish two police corps and will take over three more in keeping with its review of 141 of the country's police departments, Freddy Bernal, the president of the commission created to implement the so-called "police revolution," announced Monday.... More


Tel Aviv, November 11 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the West against striking a deal with Iran on the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program. Netanyahu claimed on Monday that a "hasty" nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia, China, France, Britain and the US -- plus Germany would allow Tehran "to rush to the bomb." ... More


Bolivia to Build 200,000 Houses

La Paz, November 11 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Bolivia’s State Housing Agency, AEVIVIENDA has been constructing thousands of houses across the country. Houses built are handed over at no charge to communities living in precarious housing conditions as well as to those who have lost their homes in natural disasters.... More


Beijing, November 11 (RHC-NNN) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has invited Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to visit her country in the coming year to strengthen relations and firm up agreements in sectors such as science and technology.... More


United Nations, November 11 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will launch a probe into reports that Britain spied on fellow governments at global climate summits in 2009 and 2010. ... More


Washington, November 11 (RHC)-- The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Monday the personal information of its employees as well as some of its customers may have been compromised in a cyber attack. ... More


Buenos Aires, November 11 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been discharged from Otamendi Hospital in Buenos Aires, where she had been admitted a week ago to be treated for sigmoiditis, an infection of the colon.... More


Atlanta, November 11 (RHC)-- Prisons across the United States are "disproportionately" filled with Black people who are being incarcerated increasingly in solitary confinement, an African-American activist in Georgia says. ... More


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