Tel Aviv, October 13 (RHC)-- Israel says it plans to pull out of the United Nations cultural and education agency, UNESCO, hours after the U.S. announced its decision to do the same... More
Washington, October 13 (RHC)-- Opposition to the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen is growing in Washington, where lawmakers have introduced a congressional resolution to withdraw U.S. support for the ongoing bombing campaign. ... More
Havana, October 13 (RHC)-- Almost 60 years after the implementation of the US blockade against Cuba, the hostile policy is being reinforced, undermining the diplomatic progress made by the two countries. That is one of the messages of the report submitted by Cuba to the UN General Assembly on the need of putting an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade.... More
Paris, October 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to award the Havana-based Casa de las Américas cultural institution with the 2017 UNESCO-UNAM/Jaime Torres Bodet Prize in Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.... More
Havana, October 12 (RHC)-- New York's Lehman College and Cuba's University of Sancti Spíritus have signed a memorandum of understanding that provides for academic exchanges between the two high studies entities.... More
Havana, October 12 (RHC)-- The 3rd International Conference on Strategic Studies is holding sessions in Havana with delegates from 25 countries exchanging on the need for a new world order.... More
Havana, October 12 (RHC-ACN) -- The 11th Cuban Congress on Anesthesiology “Cubanestesia 2017” will hold sessions in Havana focused on the implication of anesthesia techniques in senior citizens, obese and critical patients, requiring surgical procedures.... More
Cairo, October 12 (RHC)-- The Movement of Palestine Islamic Resistance (Hamas) and the Palestine Movement of National Reconciliation (Fatah) signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo on Thursday. ... More
Washington/Paris, October 12 (RHC-Agencies)-- The U.S. State Department has confirmed the country is officially withdrawing from UNESCO, the UN's cultural body it helped found back in 1945. The move is to take effect on December 31st. ... More
London, October 12 (RHC)-- Iran is considering “various scenarios” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “probable withdrawal” from the international nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers. ... More
Athens, October 12 (RHC)-- Public health workers have taken to the streets of Athens to protest against legislation that would introduce new civil service evaluation procedures.... More
San Francisco, October 12 (RHC)-- In California, the death toll from the massive wildfires has risen to 23, with hundreds more hospitalized, as the uncontrollable blazes continue to burn. ... More
San Juan, October 12 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, officials are warning the island’s health system is in dire condition as the island still has severely limited electricity and running water, nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm.... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested again on Thursday that Puerto Rico bore some of the blame for its current crisis following devastating storms that hit the island... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- In news from the United States, officials say President Donald Trump has called for a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S.’s nuclear weapons arsenal. ... More
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