Renowned Cuban pianist, Chucho Valdés, and his Chinese counterpart, Lang Lang, will play pieces by Russian, British, US and Cuban composers at a Havana concert on October 9th... More
Havana, September 19 (RHC)-- A young Cuban Catholic journalist has asked Pope Francis during a video-conference to intercede towards the lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, following his role in the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.... More
Havana, September 19 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez began an official visit to Cuba on Saturday, during which she will attend mass to be officiated Sunday by Pope Francis in Havana, as part of his pastoral visit to the island.... More
Havana, September 19 (RHC)-- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will implement a fresh water fish genetic-improvement program in Havana, as announced by FAO officials.... More
Havana, September 19 (RHC-teleSUR)-- Pope Francis departed for Cuba Saturday morning from Vatican City, to begin an historic visit to the island nation.... More
On 16 September the House of Ergon in Berlin, Germany, unveiled its latest group show Homeland in flight: Five Voices from Cuba or La patria que vuela, coinciding with Berlin Art Week. The young gallery brings together five of today’s most important female Cuban artists and presents new work alongside earlier pieces never seen before in Europe. The art on show collectively tackles concepts and questions of national identity, personal loss and belonging, homeland and migration, and ranges from photography, painting, video and installations to an extensive public performance taking place across the city centre of Berlin.... More
Juba, September 18 (RHC)-- The death toll from the massive explosion of an oil tanker in South Sudan has increased to 182. On Friday, a local official announced the latest fatalities figure of the incident, saying authorities are transferring some of the injured to “a safe location.” ... More
Santiago de Chile, September 18 (RHC)-- Eleven people are confirmed dead following the 8.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Chilean coast on Wednesday evening. According to Chile's interior minister, the death toll continues to climb.... More
Sofia, September 18 (RHC)-- Bulgaria has started mobilizing as many as 1,000 forces to its border with Turkey to stop trespassing refugees amid ongoing measures elsewhere across Europe to handle the influx. ... More
Zagreb, September 18 (RHC)-- As thousands of refugees poured into Croatia from Serbia on Thursday, Zagreb announced that it could not take in any more migrants. ... More
Berlin, September 18 (RHC)-- Germany is pushing to toughen asylum laws by reducing the benefits usually given to refugees and by sending them back to the first European Union country they reach. ... More
Damascus, September 18 (RHC)-- Syria's Foreign Ministry has complained to the United Nations about the military measures taken by Britain, Australia and France on the Arab country's soil. The ministry made the complaint on Thursday in two identical letters addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Vitaly Churkin, the current president of the Security Council and the Russian ambassador to the world body. ... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- As turmoil in Syria continues to force an exodus of refugees, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has acknowledged U.S. efforts to train troops to counter the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria have netted only a handful of fighters. ... More
Tokyo, September 18 (RHC)-- In Japan, lawmakers have taken a step toward enacting legislation that would allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II. ... More
Tel Aviv, September 18 (RHC)-- Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has authorized the use of sniper fire by Israeli military forces against Palestinian stone-throwers in Jerusalem. ... More
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