Tel Aviv, December 8 (RHC)-- An investigation by an Israeli daily reveals that U.S. donors have channeled over 200 million dollars into Israeli illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in recent years. ... More
Ottawa, December 8 (RHC)-- Canada's new government says it will uphold its election campaign promise and withdraw the country's fighter jets which have been targeting purported Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria. The six war planes will be withdrawn over the next few weeks, Reuters cited Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion as saying on Monday. ... More
Berlin, December 8 (RHC)-- An arson attack on a refugee camp in the German state of Thuringia has left at least ten asylum seekers, including a baby, injured. ... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump calls for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims" entering the United States, following last week's mass shooting in California. ... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States quickly drew comparisons to policies enacted by Nazi Germany against the Jews and condemnation from both Republican and Democratic candidates, as well as an array of civil society groups. ... More
United Nations, December 8 (RHC)-- The United Nations has asked for $20 billion to respond to greatest mass displacement of people since World War II. This the largest appeal to address forced displacement that the United Nations has ever launched. ... More
Vienna, December 8 (RHC)-- Austria has started initial works for erecting a fence at a crossing point on its southern border used by refugees, a first such barrier in Europe’s passport-free travel zone. ... More
Quito, December 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Despite international threats to progressive politics and regional integration, the left in Latin America is far from over, said Ecuador’s Minister of Culture Guillaume Long on Tuesday in the wake of a right-wing opposition win in Venezuela’s parliamentary elections.... More
Buenos Aires, December 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina's president-elect Mauricio Macri has backtracked on an election pledge to seek to suspend Venezuela from the MERCOSUR regional bloc, according to reports from Buenos Aires.... More
United Nations, December 8 (RHC)-- Latin America must take enormous steps in order to reverse the lingering impacts of nearly five centuries of racial discrimination towards Latin America’s Afro-descendant population, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stated on Monday.... More
Havana, December 8 (RHC)-- U.S. academics said during a conference in Havana that they are interested in collaborating with Cuba in the field of degenerative diseases in senior citizens given the strength of its health system. ... More
Bogotá, December 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Delegates from the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebel movement traveled to the town of Bojaya to personally ask the local residents for forgiveness for a 2002 accident that killed approximately 80 people.... More
Cuban President, Army General Raúl Castro sent a congratulatory message to the Orfeón Santiago Choir on its 55th birthday during the closing of international choir festival... More
Cardenas, December 7 (RHC)-- Heroes of the Republic of Cuba Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René González were presented with the key to the city of Cárdenas, upon a unanimous decision by the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, located in the province of Matanzas, east of Havana.... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- Cuban teachers paid tribute to Cuban Revolution Leader Fidel Castro, whom they have presented with the Estrella Martiana National Prize in recognition of his contribution to education in Cuba and in other countries around the world.... More
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