Russian Patriarch Kiril and the Cuban historical leader Fidel Castro

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, paid a courtesy visit to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.... More


Two Cuban lung cancer vaccines raise the hope of living for patients with an advanced stage of that disease. The head of the Oncology services at Santa Clara University Hospital, Ana Victoria Torre, said that the vaccines activate the patients´ immunological system to fight cancerous cells.... More


Argentinean President Mauricio Macri has given himself a 30 percent pay raise on the salary of his predecessor Cristina Fernandez, while refusing to grant pensioners, social programs, and workers an increase greater than 22 percent.... More


Two more Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces in the northern area of the occupied West Bank, which raises the day's overall death toll to five.... More


Book publishers and editors from the United States and Cuba are holding exchanges here in Havana in the framework of the 25th International Book Fair 'Cuba 2016'.... More


The 10th International Conference 'University 2016' was inaugurated on Monday at Havana's Karl Marx Theatre with a keynote lecture by Cuban Higher Education Minister Rodolfo Alarcón Ortiz.... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has lashed out at critics, saying those trying to tarnish his name do so with “low blows.”... More


At least 20 Palestinians have been shot and injured as Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry says. ... More


Jocelerme Privert

Haitian lawmakers have chosen an opposition senator to serve as interim president for 120 days after disputed elections left the country without a president.... More


Pentagon officials say they have stepped up airstrikes against ISIL in Afghanistan, launching about 20 airstrikes in the eastern region of Afghanistan over the last three weeks. ... More


In Australia, two women hung from a bridge and unfurled a giant banner over a Melbourne freeway reading "Let Them Stay," as a protest against the government's plans to relocate 267 asylum seekers from Australia to detention camps on Nauru. ... More


US Supreme Court

In a blow to the Barack Obama administration's efforts to combat climate change, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked regulations to limit emissions from coal-fired power plants.... More


The Minor Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Paula Church are the venues of the Old Music Festival running from February 12th through 21st... More


El emblemático teatro Martí de La Habana acogió el sábado un concierto de música sacra y canciones populares rusas, celebrado en honor de la visita oficial a Cua del Patriarca de Moscú y toda Rusia, Kirill.... More


Havana, feb 13 (rhc/agency).- A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba confirms that has returned a dummy U.S. Hellfire missile that was mistakenly shipped there from Europe in 2014.... More


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