US Secretary of Defense Esper and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dunford.  (Photo by AFP)

Washington, September 14 (RHC)-- A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers calls on the Pentagon to compile and release an updated list of companies with ties to the Chinese military, operating in the United States.  The group wrote a letter to Pentagon chief Mark Esper on Thursday, asking for the release of an updated list “as soon as possible” to “combat China’s economic espionage in the United States.”... More


Tel Aviv, September 14 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he may start another military operation in the besieged Gaza Strip before Tuesday, September 17, when snap elections are to be held in the occupied territories.... More


The UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.  (Photo: Reuters)

Geneva, September 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations has expressed regret over a new US ruling, which curbs asylum applications at the Mexican border.  The UN refugee agency said on Friday the American Supreme Court order could hurt the refugees, who are fleeing violence and persecution.... More


Rogelio Sierra (left) greets Moise Diardiégane Sarr, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad,

Dakar, September 13 (RHC)-- The meeting of political consultations between Cuba and Senegal took place this Friday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. ... More


Havana, September 14 (RHC)--The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, Raúl Castro, met this Friday in Havana former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, who is in on the island on a private visit.... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- The Cuban Government rejected on Friday the unearthing by the OAS of the dormant Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance --TIAR--by Washignton. The agreement was drafted by the US to legitimize military interventions in Latin America for ideological reasons” during the Cold War. ... More


Caracas, September 13 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the images of self-declared, interim president Juan Guaido next to members of the Colombian paramilitary gang Los Rastrojos a "tremendous scandal." ... More


Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza at press conference in Geneva.  (Photo: Venezuelan Foreign Ministry)

Geneva, September 13 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Friday that the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) is a 'dead' instrument and the intention of applying it in Latin America "does not make any sense."... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC) --- Havana will host the 28th International Congress of the Italian-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine (SILAE 2019), set for September 16th through the 20th. ... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- The latest research results and best practices in caring for patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) will focus debates at the 5th Conference of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization, set for November 13th through the 17th at Cojimar Convention Center, in Havana. ... More


Nassau, September 13 (RHC) —The Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization has established a special Bahamas Health Relief Fund to receive unrestricted and unearmarked funds from donors who would like to support the Ministry of Health of The Bahamas in its relief and response efforts related to Hurricane Dorian.... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- An International Workshop on Business Development in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries sector will be held in Havana November 25th through the 27th.... More


Seychelles, September 13 (RHC-Seychelles News Agency)- Cuba and Seychelles are expected to develop a cooperation program on environment conservation, natural resource management and sustainable fishing, following the recent visit of a Cuban delegation to the archipelago country in the Indian Ocean.... More


Artemisa, September 13 (RHC)-- A modern Weather Station was recently inaugurated at the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM)in Cuba’s Artemisa province.... More


California outlaws for-profit private prisons.  (Photo: Reuters)

Sacramento, September 13 (RHC)- California lawmakers have passed legislation to ban for-profit prisons and migrant detention facilities to operate in the state.... More


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