Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. ACN Photo

Havana, February 22 (RHC)--The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Raul Castro Ruz, received the Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, who is on a working visit to the Island.... More


Tel Aviv, February 22 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he is pushing ahead with the construction of 5,000 new illegal settler homes in key areas of occupied East Jerusalem, where critics say additional building could cut Palestinian residents off from the rest of the occupied West Bank.... More


Brasilia, February 22 (RHC)-- In Brazil, businessman Lindolfo Antônio Alves Neto, partner and co-owner of the internet marketing company Yacows, admitted that his company participated in Jair Bolsonaro's campaign strategies to advertise on WhatsApp.... More


Students at a global climate strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  September 20, 2019.  (Photo: EFE)

Kampala, February 22 (RHC)-- People from all over the world are expected to participate in the 2020 Africa Climate Week (ACW), which is to be held in Kampala, Uganda, to discuss ways to implement the Paris Agreement.... More


Edmonton, February 22 (RHC)-- A group of 20 people in Edmonton, Alberta, erected a blockade of a Canadian National Railway line, temporarily blocking train traffic in the latest protest against the Coastal GasLink.  ... More


Sacramento, February 22 (RHC)-- California has formally apologized for its role in imprisoning more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.... More


Former President Evo Morales in a press conference, Buenos Aires.  (Photo: Twitter / @PortalDiarioAR)

Buenos Aires, February 21 (RHC)-- At a press conference held in Buenos Aires on Friday, Bolivia's former President Evo Morales rejected the decision of his country's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) to disqualify him and his former Foreign Minister Diego Pary for the upcoming May elections.... More


From the southern tip of Argentina to Mexico, Chinese technology is helping boost productivity and raise standards of living with innovations in transportation, agriculture, renewable energy, e-commerce and other sectors.... More


The total number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has gradually decreased across China, showing a positive signal that the epidemic situation has improved, a health official said Friday.... More


London, February 21 (RHC)-- Lawyers for Julian Assange told a London court that U.S. President Donald Trump offered the WikiLeaks founder a presidential pardon if he agreed to publicly state that Russia was not behind the leak of Democratic Party emails ahead of the 2016 election.... More


Damascus, February 21 (RHC)-- Two batches of American troops belonging to the U.S.-led military coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have arrived at an air base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.... More


A doctor who has recovered from the COVID-19 infection, donating plasma, in Wuhan, China.  (Photo: AFP)

Beijing, February 21 (RHC)-- Figures show a big drop in new coronavirus cases in mainland China, even as deaths from the infectious epidemic increase to 2,236 people.... More


Mexico City, February 21 (RHC)-- In Mexico City, government investigators have opened a corruption probe into former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The investigation stems from a broader case against Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico’s national oil company Pemex.... More


Buenos Aires, February 21 (RHC)-- In Argentina, thousands of reproductive rights activists held protests in dozens of cities Wednesday to renew their push to legalize abortion. ... More


Washington, February 21 (RHC)-- Lawyers for U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning filed a motion in federal court, asking for her release from a prison outside Washington, D.C., where she’s been jailed since March of last year for refusing to cooperate in a federal grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks.... More


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