Havana, November 16 (RHC)-- Santiago de Cuba beat Industriales by a score of 6 to 2 and took the series of the Cuban Baseball season that Matanzas is currently leading with 27 games won and 15 lost.... More


Tokyo, November 16 (RHC)-- Cuban baseball players Alfredo Despaigne, Liván Moinelo and Yurisbel Gracial will head out to the Kyocera Dome in Osaka next Saturday with the SoftBank Falcons, at the start of the Japan Baseball Series, where they will be looking for their fourth straight crown against the Yomiuri Giants.... More


Damascus, November 16 (RHC)-- Syria’s top diplomat and longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem has died, state TV reported early on Monday.  There were no details on the cause of death, but the 79-year old had for years been in poor health with heart problems.... More


Washington, November 15 (RHC)-- A growing number of Republicans are urging lame-duck U.S. President Donald Trump to begin the transition of President-elect Joe Biden.... More


Beijing, November 15 (RHC)-- Fifteen presidents of Asia-Pacific countries virtually signed the creation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest free trade agreement, with China at the helm, on Sunday.... More


Gaza City, November 15 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has attacked the Gaza Strip after rockets from the Tel Aviv-blockaded Palestinian territory targeted the “central” and “southern” parts of the occupied territories.... More


Managua, November 15 (RHC)-- Hurricane Iota is rapidly gathering strength as it barrels towards Central America, threatening to bring “life-threatening” storm surges and “catastrophic” winds to a region still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Eta.... More


Lima, November 15 (RHC)-- Peruvian interim President Manuel Merino has resigned after half his new cabinet stepped down following the deaths of two people in protests over the sudden removal of his predecessor.... More


New York, November 15 (RHC)--  A new spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the hard-hit United States has prompted a spate of new restrictions across the country, with North Dakota becoming the most recent state to require face coverings in public.... More


Washington, November 15 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that a coronavirus vaccine will soon be available for the entire country, except New York, prompting Governor Andrew Cuomo to accuse the president of taking personal revenge on the state for political reasons.... More


Beijing, November 15 (RHC)-- The Group of 77 (G-77) and China have highlighted the negative effects of unilateral sanctions on the Iranian nation’s prosperity, calling for the lifting of the inhumane measures as soon as possible.... More


Geneva, November 15 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine but insisted that every country had to reap the benefits.... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. Secret Service, which guards President Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the White House, has been struck by an outbreak of COVID-19, according to U.S. media reports.... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Republican congressman Rep. Denver Riggleman from Virginia says that Donald Trump has jumped on the "crazy train."  During a news conference in Washington, Riggleman said that as President Trump’s claims of election cheating fall apart in court filings, he is taking his followers down a path of increasingly unhinged conspiracies about millions of votes being altered by mysterious forces manipulating computer systems and voting machines.... More


Ramallah, November 14 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and the resistance movement of Hamas have decried a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.... More


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