11th Congress on Marine Sciences underway in Havana.  Photo: Granma

Havana, October 15 (RHC)-- Experts from Latin America, Europe and the United States have begun meeting today in the Cuban capital for the 11th Congress of Marine Sciences. ... More


Pope Francis waves as he leaves after leading a Mass for the canonization of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero at the Vatican, October 14, 2018.  Photo: Reu

Vatican City, October 15 (RHC)-- Pope Francis on Sunday made murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint, praising him for disregarding his own life "to be close to the poor and to his people." ... More


Canada allocates $50 million in aid to UN agency for Palestinians.  Photo: AP

Ottawa, October 15 (RHC)-- Canada has announced it will allocate up to 50 million dollars in aid to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees two months after the United States cut its aid to that body. ... More


 A view of Riaci, a small town in the Italian region of Calabria.  Photo: AFP

Rome, October 15 (RHC)-- Italy's Interior Ministry has ordered that all asylum-seekers be transferred out of the small southern town of Riace, which had gained international attention for its innovative model for refugee integration. ... More


U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts refers ethics complaints against Kavanaugh to Colorado court.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- In the United States, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has referred more than a dozen misconduct complaints against newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a circuit appeals court in Colorado. ... More


 Report says Trump administration separated 6,000 families in four months.  Photo: Reuters

New York, October 15 (RHC)-- A new report by Amnesty International says the Donald Trump administration forcibly separated 6,000 families at the U.S.-Mexico border... More


U.S. court upholds deposition order for Wilbur Ross in census case.  Photo: Google

Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- A U.S. appeals court has sided with a federal judge’s order that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross should be deposed over his role in adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.  ... More


 Former White House communications chief Hope Hicks to join Fox.  Photo: Press TV

New York, October 15 (RHC)-- Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is joining Fox as chief communications officer.  ... More


Google drops bid for Pentagon project under workers' pressure.  Photo: Google

New York, October 15 (RHC)-- Google has announced that it will not compete for a $10 billion project aimed at creating a cloud computing system that would expand the Pentagon’s ability to share data and wage war more effectively.... More


Acting EPA head Andrew Wheeler amplified racist and conspiracy posts on social media.  Photo: AFP

Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- The Huffington Post is reporting that Andrew Wheeler, the acting head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, regularly engaged with right-wing conspiracy accounts on social media and “liked” a racist post featuring the Obamas in 2013.  ... More


“Nuns on the Bus” launch U.S. tour for tax justice.  Photo: Democracy Now

San Francisco, October 15 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, the group of activist Catholic nuns known as “Nuns on the Bus” have launched a countrywide tour under the banner of a “Tax Justice Truth Tour.”... More


Malabo, Oct 13 (RHC)-- The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiag, renewed the stand of his country against the US blockade of  Cuba. ... More


Nobel prize winner sends letter to United Nations condemning the US blockade of Cuba

Buenos Aires, October 13 (RHC) – Nobel Peace Prize winner , Argentinian  Adolfo Pérez Esquivel has sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres ... More


Moscow, October 13 (RHC) – Rusia and Cuba are setting up the basis to  an expansion of their cooperation on Higher Education with the possible setting up of a training center in Havana and programs for Russian language training, as well as the expansion of the  post graduate exchanges.... More


Pope Francis accepts resignation of Washington, DC archbishop in sex abuse crisis

Vatican City, October 13 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican said on Friday, making him one of the most senior Catholic figures to step down in a worldwide sexual abuse crisis.... More


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