Havana, December 5 (RHC)-- Cuba's telephone company ETECSA announced the opening this week of three new public Wi-Fi connection zones in Cuba. ... More


Havana, December 5 (RHC)-- In a development that has Cuban film lovers amazed, for the first time in the history of Havana's International New Latin American Cinema Festival, the event's program is including a selection of successful documentaries by the U.S. television network HBO.... More


Baghdad, December 5 (RHC)-- Iraqi security and medical officials say at least ten people have lost their lives and nearly three dozen others sustained injuries in a spate of bomb attacks in and around the capital, Baghdad. ... More


Caracas, December 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, has opened the electoral process for the country's parliamentary elections Sunday.... More


Guadalajara, December 5 (PL-RHC)-- “Diplomacia encubierta con Cuba”, by Peter Kornbluh and William Leogrande was launched on Saturday at the International Book Fair of Guadalajara, Mexico.... More


Baku, December 5 (RHC)-- At least 32 workers have reportedly died in a blaze at an offshore oil platform in Azerbaijan-controlled waters in the Caspian Sea. Reuters reports that the platform belongs to Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company SOCAR. The cause of the accident is not yet known. Officials say 42 workers have been rescued, but that rescue efforts were being complicated by a severe storm. ... More


Paris, December 5 (RHC)-- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not have to step down before a "political transition" process takes place in Syria. ... More


Paris, December 5 (RHC)-- The Earth’s two massive ice sheets are disappearing at a faster pace than scientists previously calculated. ... More


New Delhi, December 5 (RHC)-- Floods triggered by heavy rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where nearly a million people have been displaced. ... More


Tehran, December 5 (RHC)-- Energy ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, have decided to maintain the bloc's current production levels, which could mean continued fall in oil prices. ... More


Washington, December 5 (RHC)-- A highly secretive CIA-trained paramilitary unit, known as the Khost Protection Force (KPF), operating in eastern Afghanistan, has been implicated in civilian killings, torture and resorting to excessive force under the guise of counter-terrorism activities, according to a new report released in Washington. ... More


New York, December 5 (RHC)-- Hunger strikes are spreading across U.S. detention centers. Last week, more than 100 asylum seekers at three separate facilities launched a hunger strike to demand their immediate release, and an end to all deportations and detentions. ... More


Washington, December 5 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has opened all combat roles in the U.S. military to women. ... More


New York, December 5 (RHC)-- Archaeologists have discovered rare remains of a dog-like dinosaur in the United States. ... More


Quito, December 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Friday celebrated the approval of 15 constitutional amendments by the country's National Assembly, a step he classified as a “historic” victory for the country. ... More


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