St John, December 9 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro began Saturday an official visit to Antigua and Barbuda aimed at strengthening Cuba's ties with member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).... More


Havana, December 8 (RHC-ACN) Cuba was included in a very tough group in the FIVB 2018 Volleyball Women's World Championship, to take place in Japan, from September 29 to October 20.... More


Havana, December 8 (RHC-ACN) Cuban Lisandra Ordaz was invited to the FIDE 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from next December 26 to 30.... More


Havana, December 8 (RHC-ACN) Cuban outside hitter Miguel Angel Lopez appears third among top scorers and leads in service in the Argentine Volleyball League, in which he plays for the Gigantes del Sur club along with his compatriot and setter Adrian Goide. ... More


Havana, December 7 (RHC-ACN) Las Tunas beat 11-4 Industriales on Wednesday, thus becoming the first team to reach 50 victories in the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.... More


Havana, December 7 (RHC-ACN) The leader Las Tunas scored twice on top of the ninth inning to beat away 4-3 Industriales, in the beginning of the eleven subseries of the second stage of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.... More


Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla

Tegucigalpa, December 9 (RHC-Agencies) – Honduran opposition presidential candidate, Salvador Nasralla has warned that the Central American nation will become ungovernable if the Supreme Electoral Tribunal proclaims incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernandez winner of the general elections.... More


Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- After almost two weeks since Honduran elections, the Organization of American States finally issued a statement, saying it may call for a new presidential vote if "irregularities" continue to undermine the credibility of the November 26th results, which have not been officially announced. ... More


Brussels, December 8 (RHC)-- The yellow and red striped Catalan flags waved brightly in the grey sky as almost 50,000 people filled the streets of Brussels protesting in support of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont ... More


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Vienna, December 8 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has censured the joint military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea, saying the drills could provoke North Korea to carry out more missile tests. ... More


Algiers, December 8 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has made his first official visit to Algeria, announcing his arrival as a "friend" despite France's historically prickly relationship with its former colony. ... More


Gaza City, December 8 (RHC)-- The Israeli military says an aircraft and a tank have targeted two security posts in the besieged Gaza Strip. The attack on Thursday night had no casualties, Reuters reported, citing residents of the Palestinian coastal enclave. ... More


U.S. Senator Al Franken

Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- In the United States Congress, Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from the state of Minnesota, said he will resign from the Senate “in the coming weeks” amid allegations of sexual harassment.... More


Ali Akbar Velayati

Tehran, December 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's "foolish" move to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital has dealt "the final blow" to the American "political life" in the Islamic world, says a senior Iranian official. ... More


Los Angeles, December 8 (RHC)-- Firefighters are continuing to battle intense wind-driven wildfires across densely populated Southern California that have destroyed at least 500 structures and chased tens of thousands of people from their homes over the past five days. ... More


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