A call has just been made in Gibara to hold the 12th International Low Budget Film Festival in the eastern Cuban city... More


Havana, November 5 (RHC)- The 2nd Meeting of the U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Commission will be held on November 10th in Washington, the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) said Thursday.... More


Sports News Roundup November 05

Cuba beat South Korea 3-1 and tied the series of 2 friendly matches prior to their participation in the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, to be played from November 8th-21st.... More


Economic Update November 05

Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, presented in Havana a new portfolio of business opportunities for the foreign capital, as well as the Business Directory, useful tool for every businessmen.... More


Matanzas, November 5 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel presided over the political-cultural ceremony and military parade held Thursday morning in the municipality of Triunvirato in western Matanzas province, on occasion of the 40th anniversary of 'Operation Carlota' -- Cuba's internationalist mission in Angola. ... More


Havana, November 5 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities plan to set up a mixed enterprise to produce luxury bathrooms fittings and accessories to meet the national demand, particularly tourism and other prioritized sectors.... More


Baracoa, November 5 (RHC)-- U.S. and Cuban scientists, representing the American Museum of Natural History and Cuba's National Museum of Natural History, have concluded an 18-day joint expedition to the Alexander Von Humboldt National Park, located in Baracoa in the Cuban eastern-most province of Guantánamo.... More


Geneva, November 5 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has released an internal report on the U.S. bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The U.S. airstrike on October 3rd killed at least 30 people, including 13 staff members, 10 patients and seven unrecognizable victims yet to be identified. ... More


Caracas, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello revealed on Thursday new links between officials from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and destabilization plans undertaken by the right-wing opposition in that country. ... More


Washington, November 5 (RHC)-- Israel is seeking a large increase in annual military assistance from the United States and has held preliminary talks with the Obama administration on a 10-year financial package that would provide up to $50 billion, American congressional sources say. ... More


Gaza City, November 5 (RHC)-- A senior leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called for a unified leadership by all Palestinian groups in the face of a recent surge in Israeli violence against Palestinians. ... More


London, November 5 (RHC)-- Britain says an "explosive device" may have brought down a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last week, killing all the 224 people on board. ... More


Bucharest, November 5 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have attended a rally in the Romanian capital Bucharest demanding early elections and eliminating government corruption. ... More


Islamabad, November 5 (RHC)-- At least 18 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a factory collapse in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The deadly incident occurred on Wednesday at a three-storey polythene bag factory in the Sundar industrial estate, located about 45 kilometers southwest of the city center. According to authorities, up to 150 people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. ... More


Ramallah, November 5 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and killed another Palestinian amid escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank territories. The shooting took place on Wednesday near the city of Hebron, with Israeli forces claiming that the victim had ran over and injured two Israeli policemen in the West Bank, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported. ... More


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