The Cuban president adresses the media upon his arrival at the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New York

New York, September 24 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is in New York City to attend the high level segment of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. The Cuban leader arrived on Sunday. ... More


 Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations in New York.  Photo: Google

New York, September 22 (RHC)-- Cuba's diplomatic mission at the United Nations has stressed the extraterritorial impact of the U.S. blockade imposed on the island for over 50 years. ... More


Cuban presidents meets with provincial assembly presidents.  Photo: Cubadebate

Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday attended the last session of a two-day meeting between Presidents of Provincial Assemblies of People's Power.... More


Cuban and South African trade unions strengthen ties.  Photo: RHC

Johannesburg, September 22 (RHC)-- Cuban and South African trade unions have agreed to expand cooperation and strengthen ties during the African nation's recently concluded 13th Trade Union Congress.  ... More


Havana's Barrio Chino / Chinatown.  Photo: Google

Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- Havana's Barrio Chino, or Chinatown, is set to get a revamp in honor of the city's 500th anniversary, according to the President of the Provincial Assembly of People's Power, Reynaldo García. ... More


Presidential candidate Fernando Haddad of Workers Party (PT) attends a rally campaign in Sao Paulo. Photo: teleSUR Brazil

Brasilia, September 22 (RHC)-- Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil has widened his support in the polls by three points since the last surveys were conducted for the presidential elections being held on October 7, according to the latest Ibope poll. ... More


Houses under construction are seen in the occupied West Bank settlement of Amichai, on September 7, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Tel Aviv, September 22 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have announced that they plan to expand a settlement in the southern occupied West Bank as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies in the occupied territories irrespective of great international outcry. ... More


File photo shows Pope Francis during the weekly Angelus prayer on September 16, 2018 in the Vatican.  Photo: AFP

Vatican City, September 22 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops as a decades-long sex scandal continues to shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. ... More


Trump urges Spain to "build a wall" across the Sahara to reduce migration.  Photo: Google

Madrid, September 22 (RHC)-- Spain’s foreign minister and former president of European Parliament Joseph Borrell has confirmed United States President Donald Trump suggested Spain build a wall across the Sahara Desert to tackle Mediterranean migration crisis. ... More


Hurricane Maria is shown on satellite over the Caribbean.   Photo: Reuters

United Nations, September 22 (RHC)-- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has announced that, one year after hurricanes Irma and Maria, it has helped to mobilize $25 million to assist the Caribbean countries hardest hit by the storms. ... More


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) shakes hands with supporters in a visit to Oaxaca.  Photo: Twitter / @lopezobrador

Mexico City, September 22 (RHC)-- Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was in the state of Oaxaca, at the one year anniversary of the fatal earthquake that shook Mexico City... More


Colin Kaepernick.  Photo: Twitter

Cambridge, September 22 (RHC)-- In the United States, Harvard University has announced it will honor former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick ... More


Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- On the occasion of the death Friday of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Tran Dai Quang, the Cuban Council of State has decreed an Official Mourning period from 6:00 a.m. Saturday, September 22nd, until 12:00 midnight on Sunday, September 23rd, and National Mourning on Monday, September 24th.... More


 San Juan submarine. EFE

Buenos Aires, September 22 (RHC)--US seabed survey company Ocean Infinity has detected an object of the size of Argentina’s San Juan submarine, which went missing last November, Argentine Defense Minister Oscar Aguad said on Friday.... More


Havana, September 21 (RHC) – The Latin Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences has nominated Cuba’s Omara Portuondo, the Santiaguero Septet, Diego Gutiérrez, Telmary, Alexander Abreu and Havana D’Primera to the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards... More


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