Havana’s Historian Eusebio Leal received Wednesday the diploma and robe that accredit him as Doctor Honoris Causa in Legal Sciences and Law History with the Pontifical Lateran University of the Vatican. ... More


Cuban musician Alain Perez presented Wednesday his latest album ‘El cuento de la Buena Pipa’... More


Cuban singer/songwriter Liuba María Hevia was presented this past Tuesday with the Artistic Excellence prize ‘Cuba 2019’. ... More


A concert by the popular Cuban band Los Van Van was the main attraction Wednesday at the 5th International Salsa Festival, which runs here in Havana until Sunday, March 1st.... More


Cuba’s contemporary dance company Danza Contemporánea de Cuba has announced a commemorative season of its 60th anniversary. ... More


Havana will host the International Cuban Dance Festival ‘Ritmo Cuba’ from April 20th through the 26th. ... More


London, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. government plotted to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a UK court was told during the WikiLeaks publisher’s extradition hearing.... More


Tehran, February 27 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underscored a confession by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic hates the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, and that the presence of American forces in Syria was for plundering the Arab country's oil resources. ... More


Israeli flag flies on a hill outside the Jewish settlement of Kfar Adumim in the West Bank.  (Photo: EFE)

Tel Aviv, February 27 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his plans to authorize the construction of some 3,500 new illegal homes for Jewish settlers in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank.... More


Madrid, February 27 (RHC)-- Opera superstar Plácido Domingo has apologized to more than two dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in the workplace spanning decades, writing: “I respect that these women finally felt comfortable enough to speak out, and I want them to know that I am truly sorry for the hurt that I caused them.”... More


President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez began at the Santa Cruz del Norte breeding center for dark-brown pigs. Twitter Presidencia Photo

Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- A year after the first government visit to Mayabeque, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and his government team returned to this young province this Thursday.... More


Havana, February 27 (RHC)--Cuban plant health authorities warned Wednesday of the existence on the island of a plague of the megalurothrips usitatus, better known as the bean flower thrips.... More


Paris, February 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and the Secretary of State of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, met in Paris on Thursday, where they agreed on the need to boost bilateral relations.... More


Havana, February 26 ( RHC)—Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel held a dialogue with artists and intellectuals on Wednesday in Havana about the music business system in the country and other important issues for that sector. ... More


London, February 27 (RHC)-- On the third day of his extradition hearing, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has rebuked the court for preventing him from communicating with his legal team, saying his prosecutors have "100 times more contact hours each day.”... More


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