Paris, October 5 (RHC)-- The death toll from recent flooding caused by torrential rain and violent storms in southeastern France has reached 16. Three people are also unaccounted for following the violent storms and severe flooding that hit the Mediterranean coastline of the southeastern France, known as the French Riviera, over the weekend.... More
Tripoli, October 5 (RHC)-- The Libyan Red Crescent says the bodies of nearly 100 refugees have washed up on the North African country’s shores over the past few days. On Sunday, a spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, Mohamed al-Masrati, said 95 bodies had been found over the last five days on Libyan shores.... More
Washington, October 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest push for tougher gun laws, in the wake of last week’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College, has radically increased arms sales in the United States, according to a report.... More
London, October 5 (RHC)-- A 15-year-old boy who is believed to be the youngest person convicted of terrorism charges in Britain has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for sending thousands of online messages to extremists in Australia. ... More
Oslo, October 5 (RHC)-- Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for medical breakthroughs in treatments for parasitic diseases that afflict more than one-third of the world’s population. ... More
Columbia, October 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of South Carolina, at least eight people have been killed amid "once in a millennium" floods. Roads and buildings have buckled, a swath of a major highway has been shut down, and hundreds of people have had to be rescued from the rising waters. ... More
Viña del Mar, October 5 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the U.S. blockade of Cuba should be eliminated because by doing so, it would help the people of Cuba.... More
La Paz, October 5 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales has awarded The Cuban Five and Colonel Orlando Cardoso with the Marcelo Quiroga Order. The ceremony was held in La Paz on Monday, attended by ministers of the government, the presidents of both chambers of the legislature and ambassadors of several countries.... More
As part of the ongoing Voices of the world concerts and events in and around Havana, on Tuesday the 6th. of October at the Charlie Chaplin Cinema on 23 between 10 and 12 Streets at 9 pm there will be a screening of the classic Alfred Hitchcok movie Blackmail from 1929.... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro sent Granma newspaper a diploma on the 50th anniversary of its creation. The first edition of the newspaper -- the official organ of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party -- was published on October 4, 1965.... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, is paying an official visit to Cuba where he will sign accords with Cuban authorities. ... More
La Paz, October 5 (RHC)-- The five Cuba anti-terrorist fighters, who served long prison sentences in U.S. jails, are visiting Bolivia at the invitation of President Evo Morales.... More
Caracas, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Arreaza held a meeting with the indigenous Wayuu and Añu communities aimed at strengthening and improving government's policies and operations on its border with Colombia. ... More
Guatemala City, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 131 people were reported dead late Sunday with 300 others missing, after a devastating landslide in Guatemala.... More
Brasilia, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazil’s justice minister said Sunday the country’s audit court's expected decision against the government’s 2014 accounting practices has not grounds for impeaching President Dilma Rousseff.... More
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