Havana, October 23 (RHC-Xinhua)-- The Cuban government has granted over 4,700 bank loans, totaling about 13.2 million U.S. dollars for families affected by Hurricane Irma, which hit the country last month, an official source said over the weekend.... More
Matanzas, October 23 (RHC-PL)-- The Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) has confirmed the presence of specialists from eight countries at the 11th International Symposium on Wetland Management, which will address the conservation of these vulnerable ecosystems.... More
Havana, October 23 (RHC-Xinhua)-- In Cuba, the number of non-agricultural cooperatives has been growing due to the current economic reforms, the National Statistics Office said over the weekend.... More
Washington, October 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorizing the Air Force to call up as many as 1,000 retired aviators to active duty. Trump’s order came as the Pentagon said it’s facing a large shortage of pilots as the administration prepares to ramp up the U.S. war in Afghanistan. ... More
Mogadishu, October 23 (RHC)-- In Somalia, a roadside bomb exploded Sunday south of the capital Mogadishu, tearing through a minibus and killing at least 11 people. A witness said he saw a Somali military vehicle pass near the time of the explosion and that the civilians were probably killed in error. ... More
Moscow, October 23 (RHC)-- Russia's Defense Ministry stated that the U.S. State Department has admitted that Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rebranded al-Qaida group in Syria, has and uses chemical weapon in Syria. "The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (HTS), linked to Jabhat al-Nusra, which uses 'small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons', operates in that province [Idlib]. This is the first official recognition by the State Department not simply of the presence, but, I emphasize, the use of chemical weapons by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in that part of Syria to commit terrorist attacks, about which we repeatedly warned," Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry said. ... More
United Nations, October 23 (RHC)-- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned that thousands of Libyan refugees are currently living in dire conditions in a hub to the west of the capital Tripoli, saying they could be exposed to abuse on a shocking scale. The UNHCR said its staff working in the city of Sabratha with authorities of Libya’s internationally-recognized government had described a “picture of human suffering and abuse on a shocking scale” among refugees previously held by smugglers. ... More
Milan, October 23 (RHC)-- Participants at the 12th Encounter of Cuban Residents in Europe committed themselves to step up actions to demand the lifting of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against the island.... More
Teheran, October 23 (RHC)--Iran is sticking to the nuclear deal while the US is not, assured Iran´s Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo.... More
Buenos Aires, October 23 (RHC) Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez was elected to the Senate representing the Unidad Ciudadana (Citizen Unity) Party after obtaining over 3 million votes during the mid-term legislative election held on Sunday.... More
La Habana, 22 oct (RHC) El presidente Evo Morales recordó hoy que Bolivia nació a la vida independiente con varios cientos de kilómetros de costas, que le fueron arrebatadas por Chile tras la invasión de 1879.... More
La Habana, 22 oct (RHC) El cambio climático y el calentamiento global inciden hoy en la gravedad y naturaleza extrema de los recientes incendios forestales en Canadá, según estudios de la Universidad de Alberta.... More
Seattle, October 21 (RHC/Prensa Latina)- The U.S. city of Seattle, in the state of Washington, is hosting this weekend the annual conference of the National Network on Cuba.... More
Havana, October 21 (RHC/agencies)-- Cuba unveiled a replica of a New York statue of independence hero Jose Marti on Friday.... More
Buenos Aires, October 21 (RHC)-- The family of missing Argentinean activist Santiago Maldonado have confirmed that a body found in the Chubut River earlier this week is their son's. ... More
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