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


Havana, (RHC) - Cuba confirmed its membership on the Executive Committee of the Ibero-American Sports Council (CID), which has Alba Quesada, director of the Costa Rican Institute of Sport and Recreation, as its new president.... More


Havana, (RHC) – The right-handed pitcher Josimar Cousin will be the starter for Cuba this Friday, in the Cuban debut in Pool B of the U-23 Baseball Pre-World Cup tournament, that will begin in Honduras.... More


Havana, February 21 (RHC)--  The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone, Antonio Henriques Da Silva, ratified Thursday the historic friendship ties between Cuba and Angola.... More


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Barcelona, February 21 (PL)-- Lionel Messi, forward for Barcelona football club, explained why he reposted the statements of the team's manager, Erick Abidal, since he felt attacked.... More


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Havana, February 21 (PL)-- In search of cleaner and more honest sports, authorities from Cuba and Panama outlined in Havana interests in the anti-doping fight on the way to the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games.... More


The Minister of Communications of Cuba, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella. Cubadebate Photo

Havana,  February 21 (RHC)-- The Minister of Communications of Cuba, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, says the Cuban people have a high political culture, and a high education to use information technologies for the development of the country.... More


Brasilia, February 21 (RHC)-- In Brazil, oil workers suspended their strike Thursday after 19 days, while state oil company Petrobras promised to start a round of negotiations with the unions.... More


Paris, February 21 (RHC)-- French unions carried out the tenth day of a general strike against the bill for the pension reform proposed by President Emmanuel Macron.  "We will not give up because we are convinced that we are right in our analysis.  This project will be a danger in the coming decades," the Labor Force (FO) secretary Yves Veyrier said.... More


Washington, February 21 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison as part of a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the U.S. president's anger.... More


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