United Nations, October 9 (RHC)-- Cuba called at the United Nations for international cooperation as a key tool to fight drug trafficking, terrorism, trafficking in persons and other crimes threatening the world community. ... More


Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- - Cuba and its sister Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia are considering ways to deepen trade relations as that country's Deputy Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre said that an increase of bilateral commercial exchange would also include other Caribbean countries. ... More


Sports News Roundup October 09

Eight Latin American boxers qualified to quarterfinals yesterday at the World Boxing Championship Doha, Qatar.... More


Chicago, October 9 (RHC)-- In a further move to promote trade exchange between Cuba and the U.S. agribusiness sector, some 30 Illinois agricultural leaders and two members of the U.S. Congress have announced a four-day visit to Cuba next week. ... More


Caracas, October 9 (PL-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged the people to achieve the necessary victory in the legislative elections scheduled to take place on December 6th.... More


Mexico City, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Independent experts will probe a number of highly controversial government claims about the forced disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teachers training college, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez told the Mexican Senate Thursday.... More


La Paz, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Presidents and foreign dignitaries from around the world are heading to the Bolivian city of Cochabamba this weekend for the second World People's Conference on Climate Change where, unlike the United Nations process, the interests of developing nations will be the top priority.... More


Mexico City, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In an unprecedented move in Mexico, the Mexican Senate is questioning President Enrique Peña Nieto over various scandals, including the spectacular escape of the world's most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, giving him 15 days to reply.... More


Guatemala City, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been denied his request for amnesty against a trial for his responsibility in the massacre of 1,771 Mayan Ixiles in northern Guatemala, the country's Court of Appeals said Thursday.... More


Washington, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The World Bank spends 1.5 times as much on funding fossil fuel projects as it does on renewable energy projects, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, a think tank based in Washington, DC.... More


Renowned Cuban pianist, Chucho Valdéz, and his Chinese counterpart, Lang Lang, will give a concert on Saturday, opening with the Cuban Overture by George Gershwin... More


Baghdad, October 8 (RHC)-- A series of mortar attacks on the capital of Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala has killed 27 people and injured more than a dozen others. Iraqi officials said on Thursday that the attacks targeted residential buildings in various parts of the city of Baqubah.... More


Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has announced plans to boost its multinational force and create two more headquarters in Eastern Europe. ... More


Santa Cruz, October 8 (RHC)-- Six Cuban heroes -- the Cuban Five, along with Orlando Cardoso Villavicencio -- paid homage to Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara on the 48th anniversary of his assassination in La Higuera, Bolivia.... More


Sports News Roundup October 08

Granma took 3rd seat at the 55th Cuban Baseball Championship Table after completing a sweep over the decreased Villa Clara, with a 5-3 victory.... More


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