Athens, September 18 (RHC)-- Voters in Greece are headed to the polls for a snap general election Sunday. Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras and conservative New Democracy party leader Vangelis Meimarakis are nearly tied in the polls. ... More
Geneva, September 18 (RHC)-- An independent non-governmental organization says nearly 2,000 Palestinian children have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli military forces and illegal settlers over the past 15 years. ... More
Bissau, September 18 (RHC)-- The President of Guinea-Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz, has appointed the ruling party's deputy leader, Carlos Correia, as the country's new prime minister. Correia was named in a decree read out on state radio by the president on Thursday. ... More
Dallas, September 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, American Airlines flights from Miami, Dallas and Chicago were grounded Thursday because of computer problems. ... More
There was Blue slide at Guillermón Moncada Stadium on Thursday when Industriales beat Santiago de Cuba 4-1. ... More
Havana, September 18 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has sent a video-message to the people of Cuba. The message was transmitted on Cuban TV on Thursday evening, following the nightly newscast.... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- Cuban diplomat Ramón Cabañas, who served as chargé d' affaires at the Cuban Interests Section and then Embassy in Washington D.C., has presented U.S. President Barack Obama his credentials as Cuba's ambassador.... More
Havana, September 18 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez will pay an official visit to Cuba over the weekend at the invitation of the Cuban government. ... More
Havana, September 18 (RHC)-- Over 1,000 foreign reporters and correspondents, both with temporary visas and those permanently accredited here in Havana, will cover the visit of Pope Francis to the island.... More
Havana, September 18 (RHC)-- Britain's ambassador to Cuba, Tim Cole, praised the island's medical assistance to other nations around the world. Ambassador Cole said that "many nations of the world need the assistance of countries like Cuba, which has good health services and specialists able to work in crisis areas like Pakistan, Haiti, as they are now doing in Dominica, recently hit by a storm."... More
Caracas, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Venezuelan air force jet has crashed after it was deployed to the northwestern region of the country to pursue an aircraft that had been detected by radars entering Venezuelan airspace, the ministry of defense reported on Thursday. ... More
Quito, September 18 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, are set to meet on Monday in Quito to discuss the month-long border dispute between both countries.... More
Mexico City, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Some 7.4 million people and 2.2 million homes in Mexico City are at high risk in case of a powerful earthquake, local officials said ahead of the 30th anniversary of the deadly quakes of September 19th and 20th which left over 10,000 people dead.... More
Mexico City, Sept 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Acapulco is today Mexico's most dangerous city with a murder rate of 107 per 100,000 and the death toll keeps rising as police attended Thursday an emergency call in the tourist port city after shots were heard and upon arrival to the scene of the crime they found one person executed and a mass grave with seven bodies.... More
Bogotá, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia’s largest guerrilla group said on Thursday it was ready to “address and discuss” steps that will allow the group to become a legal political movement.... More
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