Washington, December 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a highly controversial executive order aimed at cracking down on the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as BDS.... More


New York, December 13 (RHC)-- Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and the board of his now-bankrupt company have reached a tentative $25 million settlement with dozens of women who have accused him of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.... More


London, December 13 (RHC)-- In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party won a landslide victory during Thursday’s decisive national election, dealing a devastating blow to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Corbyn has said he will step down as head of the party after a “period of reflection.”... More


United Nations, December 13 (RHC)-- Cuban Ambassador to the UN, Ana Silvia Rodriguez, assured that ending the blockade imposed by the United States against the island would be an action in favor of peace.... More


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Tokyo, December 13 (RHC)--  Cuban ambassador to Japan, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, met Thursday with the board of directors of the Japan-Cuba Integrative Medicine Society to discuss the potential of scientific-technical collaboration between them and the Cuban Society of Bioenergetic and Naturalistic Medicine (SCMBN).... More


Havana, December 12 (RHC)—Cuban Olympic champion in Montreal-1976 in the 48Kg boxing category, Jorge Hernandez, passed away in the Cuban capital. He was 65.... More


Moscow, December 12 (RHC)-- The health situation of Julian Assange, who is being held in London, worsens while he is awaiting extradition to the United States, warned Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zajárova.... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, harshly criticized the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the teenage promoter of a large international movement against the climate crisis.... More


Madrid, December 12 (RHC)-- In Madrid, the Spanish capital, at COP25, the United Nations climate summit, hundreds of activists gathered outside the conference’s main plenary halls to demand rich countries take more drastic action to address the climate crisis. ... More


Paris, December 12 (RHC)-- In France, workers are vowing to continue their strike, after French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe gave a televised address outlining the proposed pension overhaul. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 12 (RHC)-- In Israel, the Knesset has dissolved and the country is headed toward its third national election in a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz both failed to form a governing coalition. ... More


New Delhi, December 12 (RHC)-- In India, the upper house of Parliament has passed the highly controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, widely known as the “Anti-Muslim” bill. The legislation provides a path to citizenship for immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan — unless they are Muslim. ... More


Niamey, December 12 (RHC)-- In West Africa, over 70 troops were killed in an attack on a military camp in Niger near the border with Mali. ... More


European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.  (Photo: AFP)

Brussels, December 12 (RHC)-- The European Commission has proposed a sweeping new plan to address the climate crisis.  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Green Deal would be the biggest overhaul of European policy since the foundation of the modern European Union system. ... More


Havana, December 12 (RHC)-- The 17th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) will be held on Saturday, December 14th, in Havana.... More


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