Bangui, December 1 (RHC)-- Pope Francis says Muslims and Christians are 'brothers and sisters' during a visit to the only remaining Muslim neighborhood in Central African Republic's capital, Bangui. ... More


Washington, December 1 (RHC)-- The BDS campaign against Israel began in July 2005 by 171 Palestinian organizations, calling for "various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law.” ... More


London, December 1 (RHC)-- The world's 48 least developed countries need nearly $1 trillion in the next decade to achieve their plans to tackle climate change, a British think-tank says. According to the calculations made by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), these poorest nations require $53.8 billion annually to curb emissions and $39.9 billion to cope with more extreme weather and rising sea levels from 2020 to 2030. ... More


London, December 1 (RHC)-- British junior doctors have gone out on strike in protest at controversial contracts that will lead to pay cuts and longer working conditions. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 1 (RHC)-- A Buenos Aires criminal court has sentenced former Argentinian President Carlos Menem to four years and six months in prison for illegal “bonus payments” while in office. ... More


Castries, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is considering health care reform and the governments of the bloc are reportedly studying a regional health care insurance program.... More


Buenos Aires, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Argentinean group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo announced it has found the son of a woman who was held captive by the military junta of the 1970s and 1980s.... More


Tegucigalpa, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The United States and Mexico have deported at least 62,882 Hondurans in 2015 alone, effectively sending thousands of people back to one of the most dangerous countries on earth. The Central American nation has the highest homicide rate —90 per 100,000 inhabitants— in the world. ... More


Guatemala City, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Alberto Rotondo, the former head of security for ‪a Canadian mining project in Guatemala, has allegedly escaped police custody, local outlet Prensa Comunitaria reported Monday. ... More


Tegucigalpa, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Lenca indigenous group mobilizing against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project in the eastern department of Santa Barbara accused local authorities and the Honduran corporation in charge of the project of systematic violence and repression, Monday.... More


Caracas, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- With houses slanting down the hill and peeling paint exposing concrete, the neighborhood of La Vega might look haphazard, but its residents are highly organized.... More


Havana, November 30 (RHC)-- First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel is heading the Cuban delegation at the UN summit on climate change that began sessions Monday in Paris.... More


Rosario, November 30 (RHC)-- The Argentinean Movement of Solidarity with Cuba –known as MasCuba- announced that it will step up actions in support of the Cuban people and their Revolution, particularly Cuba's cause against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed and maintained by consecutive U.S. administrations against our country for over half a century.... More


Washington, November 30 (RHC)-- Government delegations from Cuba and the United States began a new round of migration talks on Monday at the U.S. State Department in Washington. The aim of the talks is to review the progress of the migration accords already in place between the two countries, and discuss cooperation in the fight against human trafficking.... More


Tehran, November 30 (RHC)-- Representatives from Cuba and Iran expressed both governments' determination to strengthen political and diplomatic cooperation to confront the slanders and misinformation campaigns the two countries are subjected to by the United States and its Western allies, particularly regarding the migration issue.... More


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