Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- An animal welfare bill is in consultation for possible passage in Cuba. It provides for citizens' rights and duties toward animals, as well as punitive measures for those who do not care for and protect them.... More
Beijing, December 16 (RHC)-- Beijing says it has lodged a “stern protest” with the United States over the expelling of two Chinese officials accused of breaching security at a sensitive military base in Virginia, calling the expulsions a “mistake.”... More
Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- Amid reports of a failed war in Afghanistan, the Trump administration is planning to withdraw 4,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with the U.S. president set to make an announcement as early as this week. ... More
New York, December 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S., executives at Boeing have decided to end production of the troubled 737 MAX passenger jet in January. Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane has been grounded worldwide after two crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed all 346 people on board. ... More
New Delhi, December 16 (RHC)-- Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country’s founding as a secular republic.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The Cuban doctors Landy Rodriguez and Assel Herrera Correa, who were abducted in Kenya last April, are in good health and Cuba is doing its best for their return, the vice-president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ines Maria Chapman told the press Monday.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)—The majority of the people of the United States want better relations with Cuba, and that is the will that must prevail, Dr. Benjamin Chavis said today in Havana.... More
La Paz, December 16 (RHC)-- The self-proclaimed president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, has announced that an arrest warrant will be issued for the democratically elected President, Evo Morales, in the coming days.... More
Ramallah, December 16 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities are planning to confiscate dozens of acres of private Palestinian land in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, as the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with land expropriation and settlement construction policies in violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions.... More
Brasilia, December 16 (RHC)-- Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published over the weekend.... More
Bogota, December 16 (RHC)-- The Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) party sent a letter to the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, in which they demand the implementation of the Peace Agreement and specifically his third point on security for communities and ex-combatants in the process of reinstatement.... More
Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler has defended the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, calling the U.S. president a “threat” to national security.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)—Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the failure of the COP25 Climate Summit which wound up in Madrid on Sunday is a result of the lack of compliance by industrialized countries with their commitments and lack of political will.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)--Cuban lawmakers, gathered in working commissions, will discuss core issues for the country on Tuesday and Wednesday, as a prelude to the 4th Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) in its 9th Legislature set for December 20 and 21.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The Council of State agreed that the elections of provincial governors and vice-governors will be held on Saturday, January 18. To that end, the delegates of the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power from all over the country will meet simultaneously on that day.... More
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