London, February 18 (RHC)-- The second-strongest non-tropical storm ever recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean is wreaking havoc in towns across the United Kingdom.  British authorities have issued over 300 warnings as “bomb cyclone” Dennis has produced 80-foot waves and winds reaching up to 90 miles per hour. ... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC)—Johana Tablada, Deputy Director of the U.S. Desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, blasted the U.S. policy of hatred the Trump Administration is waging against Cuba has reached levels never seen before.... More


Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro meeting with members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB).  (Photo: AFP)

Caracas, February 18 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the United States and some of its allies are plotting to invade Venezuela and that the South American country is “not afraid of military combat.”... More


Montevideo, February 18 (RHC)-- The Frente Amplio (Broad Front) of Uruguay deplored and rejected on Monday the absence of the heads of state of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the transmission of the presidential mandate on March 1.... More


The president of the Pan-African Parliament, Roger Nkodo Dang, paid tribute to the National Hero José Martí. National Assembly Photo

Havana, February 18 (RHC)-- The president of the Pan-African Parliament, Roger Nkodo Dang, paid tribute to the National Hero José Martí this Monday, placing a floral offering at the base of the monument to the Apostle, at Revolution Square in Havana.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC)-- Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology, of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health -MINSAP-, assured  Monday in Havana that there is no diagnosed or suspected case of the Coronavirus on the island so far.... More


Havana, February 18  (RHC)-- As part of preparations for the upcoming 4th Conference on Nation and Emigration, Cuban consular officials visited Miami from February 16 to 18.... More


Washington, February 18 (RHC)-- A memo from the Donald Trump administration about the U.S. targeted assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last month does not refer to an “imminent threat,” which was President Trump’s justification for the attack. ... More


 A fake news story reports how the government of Aruba confiscated a Venezuelan plane carrying more than 900 kilograms of gold.  (Photo: EFE)

Oranjestad‎, February 18 (RHC)-- Aruba's Justice Minister Andin Bikker has denied a fake news story that claimed the government of this Caribbean nation had confiscated a Venezuelan plane carrying more than 900 kilos of gold.... More


Kabul, February 18 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, an airstrike killed at least eight civilians, including a child, in the eastern province of Nangarhar.... More


Caracas, February 17 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has accused the Spanish right-wing of supporting the self-proclaimed 'president' Juan Guaidó.  In an interview with the Venezuelan news channel Televen,  Delcy Rodriguez accused the right parties in Spain of having “a profound double standard” because of their backing of Guaidó, who is in favor of a coup d’état in the South American country. ... More


Tokyo, February 17 (RHC)-- The number of coronavirus infections continues to mount, with 71,000 confirmed cases globally and nearly 1,800 deaths.  All but five of the deaths were in mainland China. ... More


Sanaa, February 17 (RHC)-- In Yemen, 31 people were killed in U.S.-backed Saudi airstrikes over the weekend, including women and children.  The strikes in the northern al-Jawf province came just hours after the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi fighter jet in the same area. ... More


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Havana, Feb 17 (PL) Cuba will convene national soccer players contracted in foreign leagues to participate in the next FIFA competition or the elimination round for the 2021 Gold Cup, this was reported at the end of the Association Congress of this discipline in the island.... More


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Paris, 17 feb.- (PL) Cuban high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas is celebrating his second victory in indoors contests in Europe, after winning the Val de Reuil athletics meeting in France.... More


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