Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.  Photo: Rolando Segura / teleSUR

Havana, September 17 (RHC-TeleSUR)-- Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel defended the right to consensual same-sex marriage... More


Peruvian president says he may dissolve Congress.  Photo: EFE

Lima, September 17 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra has demanded that the country's legislature approve a constitutional reform against corruption, saying that otherwise he will dissolve the Congress.  ... More


Storm damage in North Carolina from Florence.  Photo: AP

Wilmington, September 17 (RHC)-- At least 23 people in North and South Carolina have been reported killed by Tropical Depression Florence... More


Typhoon hits Philippines and mainland China.  Photo: EFE

Beijing, September 17 (RHC)-- In Asia, Typhoon Mangkhut continued to wreak destruction in its path, reaching mainland China after ripping though the Philippines and Hong Kong.... More


A woman carries a child at the malnutrition ward of al-Sabeen hospital in Sana'a, Yemen.  Photo: Reuters

United Nations, September 17 (RHC)-- A representative for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says the ongoing conflict in Yemen has made the impoverished Arab country a "living hell" for children.  ... More


Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (L) and then-Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pose at La Moncloa palace in Madrid on April 12, 2018.  Photo:

Madrid, September 17 (RHC)-- Spain has backed off from its earlier decision to pull a contract for the sale of 400 precision bombs to Saudi Arabia over human rights violations by the Riyadh regime in its war on Yemen. ... More


Migrants imprisoned in tent camp.  Photo: AP

Washington, September 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Health and Human Services Department says it will triple the size of the tent camp where migrant children are imprisoned in the desert outside El Paso, Texas. ... More


People need to exercise more.  Photo: Google

Geneva, September 17 (RHC)-- More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise, doctors are warning, with global activity levels virtually unchanged in nearly two decades. ... More


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Vienna, September 17 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) José Fidel Santana arrived in Vienna on Monday to attend the 62nd Ordinary Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).... More


Havana, September 17 (RHC) – The Ariguanabo Foundation was officially set up at the Ministry of Culture’s Abelardo Estorino Theater over the weekend to boost the cultural, human and environmental development of dwellers living down the Ariguanabo River in San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa... More


Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) has called for global action via Twitter and an Internet forum debate to reject the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the island by the United States for almost 60 years.... More


Havana, September 14 (RHC)-- The economic cost of the U.S. blockade against Cuba currently stands at $933.6 billion USD, according to a report that will be presented by the island this coming October 31st at the United Nations. ... More


Washington, September 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a widespread backlash after he tried to claim that his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year was “an incredible unsung success.”... More


United Nations, September 14 (RHC)-- World hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fueled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations warns, jeopardizing a global goal to end the scourge by 2030.... More


Pedro Luis Pedroso

Geneva, September 13 (RHC)-- Cuba has reaffirmed its commitment to South-South cooperation this August 13, at the United Nations in Geneva.... More


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