Allowing poor students to privileged schools would discriminate against rich pupils.  (Photo: Reuters)

London, February 3 (RHC)-- Preeminent private schools in Britain have disapproved of plans to expand access for the most disadvantaged students to the most selective universities in the country.... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- The United States is pushing the European Union to end its ban on chemical-washed chicken as part of the negotiations for the transatlantic trade deal, known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.... More


Havana, February 4 (RHC)-- The 36th General Assembly of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO) is underway in Varadero, Cuba.... More


Cuban Embassy in China Twitter Photo

Beijing, February 3 (RHC) The Cuban embassy in China says it has established a medical post for monitoring coronavirus and guiding Cuban personnel in that Asian country.... More


London, February 3 (RHC)-- Cuba had a good reception among visitors to the Destinations, Holiday & Travel Show that concluded in the UK capital on Sunday.... More


Havana, February 2 (RHC) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla recalled the speech made by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in June 1992.... More


 Award-winning American film director Oliver Stone speaks with Rafael Correa.  (Photo: RT)

Moscow, February 3 (RHC)-- Award-winning American film director Oliver Stone has said the United States is “the Evil Empire."  He recalled that in 1983, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as the “evil empire.”  The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.... More


Cuba has no cases of coronavirus

Havana February 3 (RHC)-- Cuban health authorities have denied rumors of a case of coronavirus on the island, where a prevention and control plan is underway.... More


Hanoi, February 3 (RHC)-- The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Raul Castro, sent his 'most sincere congratulations' to the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV) on the occasion of its 90th anniversary this Monday.... More


Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter (Photo by Reuters)

Atlanta, February 2 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says Donald Trump’s self-styled initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict serves instead to compromise any prospect of “peace" and violates international law. ... More


Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration is loosening restrictions on the use of landmines, in order to roll back an Obama-era policy that restricted the use of landmines to the Korean Peninsula. ... More


Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has deployed the first submarine armed with a low-yield Trident nuclear warhead in a move that anti-nuclear activists say increases the threat of nuclear war. ... More


Beijing, February 1 (RHC)-- China reports the number of people who have died from the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan late last year has now reached 304, with the new deaths all reported in the hard-hit central province of Hubei.... More


Cairo, February 1 (RHC)-- Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, attended the emergency meeting with the Arab League's foreign ministers in Cairo, alongside chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.  Abbas announced that the Palestinian Authority will stop recognizing ties with the United States and Israel after the White House announced the long-awaited outline of a controversial pro-Tel Aviv scheme.... More


Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo, Egypt, February 1st. (Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Cairo, February 1 (RHC)-- The Arab League has shot down U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, saying it would not lead to a just peace between Israel and Palestine.  The deal has already been rejected by the Palestinian side.... More


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