Washington, July 26 (RHC)-- Muslim groups are condemning the U.S. and Canadian governments over a secretive terrorism watch list the two countries operate, saying innocent travelers have been stopped and interrogated, and have had visas revoked, after being falsely accused of ties to terror groups. ... More


Vientiane, July 26 (RHC)-- In Laos, at least 26 people have been killed, and thousands more are in need of rescue, after a billion-dollar hydroelectric dam collapsed, flooding nearby villages and farmland. ... More


San Francisco, July 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a group of asylum seekers has sued ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), accusing guards of violently repressing a peaceful hunger strike inside Adelanto Detention Facility in California last year, which the asylum seekers had launched to protest the lack of clean drinking water, and the spoiled food and unsanitary clothes provided inside the facility. ... More


Los Angeles, July 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, a man with a pickax vandalized U.S. President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early on Wednesday and later surrendered to police, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said.... More


New York, July 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake fashion brand amid widespread accusations about conflicts of interest and investigations into the working conditions in her company’s factories. ... More


Raul Castro delivers main speech at 65th anniversay of  the Attack on the Moncara Barracks, Santiago e Cuba. TV capture

Santiago de Cuba, July 26 (RHC)-- At 5:12 in the morning, the exact time the assault on the Moncada Barracks was launched in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953, the 65th anniversary was marked.... More


Santiago de Cuba, July 26 (RHC)-- Cubans celebrate today National Rebellion Day, established in honor of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks in the east of the island, on this date in 1953. ... More


Segundo Frente, July 25 (RHC) -- General Raúl Castro, Cuban Communist Party's First Secretary, presided over the provincial rally marking July 26 at the historic Segundo Frente municipality, off Santiago de Cuba.... More


Havana, July25 (RHC)-- Cuba and Vietnam have signed an agreement to constitute the company ViMariel S.A, the first administrative licensee to operate with 100% of foreign capital in the Mariel Special Development Zone in Artemisa province.... More


Havana, July 25 (RHC)--Three senior officials from the State Department are in Cuba to discuss the incidents that have allegedly caused health problems to US diplomatic staff on the island.... More


Film on Dancer Carlos Acosta

Havana, July 24 (RHC) -- Acosta Danza has announced that the film Yuli, inspired by the life of famous Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta is set to compete at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain... More


 French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Photo: Internet

Havana, July 24 (RHC)-- French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Cuba on July 28th and 29th, during which he will talk to Cuban authorities, official sources said in Havana. ... More


Cuba friends in Canada demand end of U.S. blockade on Cuba. Photo: PL

Vancouver, July 24 (RHC)-- Friends of Cuba in Canada gathered in front of the U.S. consulate in Vancouver to demand the end of the economic and financial blockade, which has caused countless damages to the people of the Caribbean country.... More


Sancti Spiritus province commits to using renewable energy sources. File photo

Sancti Spiritus, July 24 (RHC)-- The Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus is committed to increase the efficiency of electricity generation and distribution through the use of renewable energy sources such as solar energy. ... More


Protests outside Ecuadorian embassy in London.  Photo: Reuters

London, July 24 (RHC)-- Police in London are trying to prevent a protest in front of the Ecuadorian embassy where authorities are believed to be preparing to evict Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks who has been holed up in the embassy for more than six years. ... More


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