Doha, December 5 (RHC)-- The Qatari National Institute of Sanitary Quality has awarded the Cuban Hospital of Dukhan, in Qatar, two important distinctions.... More


Paris, December 5 (RHC)—The Cuban Foreign Ministry informed that the island’s technical delegation that will participate in the IV Session of the Franco-Cuban Economic and Trade Commission and in the IV Meeting of the Strategic Orientation Committee has arrived in Paris.... More


Havana, December 5 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday that the resilience of the people of the Caribbean island is the best monument to the endless work of Fidel Castro.... More


Havana, December 5 (RHC)- -The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, is starting her activities in Cuba this Thursday  activities in Cuba, which include a meeting with Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, stands out.... More


Madrid, December 5 (RHC)-- The European Union Environmental Agency is warning wide swaths of Europe could face annual extreme heat waves unless urgent action is taken to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. ... More


New York, December 5 (RHC)-- An explosive new ProPublica investigation reveals how the consulting giant McKinsey & Company helped the Donald Trump administration speed up its mass deportation program. ... More


Kabul, December 5 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court is undertaking a three-day hearing about torture in Afghanistan -- including by U.S. forces.  The hearing will probe allegations that members of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies tortured, raped and sexually abused Afghan prisoners between 2003 and 2004. ... More


New York, December 5 (RHC)-- In New York City, four Rikers Island correctional officers have been suspended after video showed the officers stood by for seven minutes while a teenager attempted to hang himself at the notorious jail facility.... More


Brasilia, December 5 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s lawmaker son Eduardo, once considered for the post of ambassador to the United States, has been suspended from his party and could lose the chair of the Brazilian Lower House’s Foreign Affairs Committee.... More


A ship is seen at Saleef port in Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah. (Photo: AFP)

Sanaa, December 5 (RHC)-- A Yemeni maritime official says the Saudi-led coalition has impounded more than a dozen ships carrying energy derivatives and food destined for the conflict-plagued and impoverished Arab country, despite the fact the vessels had earlier acquired necessary permits from the United Nations.... More


Colombia's President Ivan Duque speaks next to OAS General Secretary Luis Almagro, during TIAR meeting.   (Photo: Reuters)

Caracas, December 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has condemned the activation of measures on sanctions against officials of the Venezuelan government during the meeting of the Inter- American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), which was held in Bogotá on December 3.... More


Washington, December 4 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee has released its report on the impeachment inquiry, concluding President Donald Trump tried to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election. ... More


Chicago, December 4 (RHC)-- U.S. activists marked the 50th anniversary of the murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.  On December 4, 1969, Chicago police raided Hampton’s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed.  He was only 21 years old.   Another Black Panther leader, Mark Clark, was also killed by police in the raid. ... More


March of indigenous peoples in rejection of President Ivan Duque's policies in Bogota, December 4, 2019.  (Photo: EFE)

Bogota, December 4 (RHC)-- Thousands of Colombians Wednesday took to the streets to reject President Ivan Duque and carry out their third nationwide strike in the last 14 days, which sets an unprecedented record in Latin America.... More


The Venezuelan president highlighted relations between his country and Russia.  (Photo: teleSUR)

Caracas, December 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bestowed the Russian Ambassador in Venezuela Vladimir Zaemsky with the Order Francisco de Miranda, the country's highest honor, and bequeathed a replica of Simon Bolivar’s sword from the victorious battle of Carabobo, for a decade of work in the Latin American country.... More


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