Buenos Aires, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentine opposition Mayor Mauricio Macri, who is also running for president, ordered on Thursday the closure of a television channel spearheading an intense investigation of the mayor as he is implicated in an unfolding corruption scandal. ... More


Brasilia, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Supreme Court in Brazil ruled on Thursday in favor of banning businesses from financing electoral campaigns and political parties amid a major corruption scandal that alleges corporations used this mechanism to obtain lucrative contracts with the state-owned oil company Petrobras. ... More


Lima, September 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peruvian lawmakers on Wednesday voted in a plenary session to approve the final report issued by the special commission that investigated the alleged corruption charges involving various officials linked to President Ollanta Humala's administration, including his wife.... More


Geneva, September 17 (RHC)-- Cuba says that gender equality is an essential principle to promote and protect human rights and the empowerment of women.... More


Washington, September 17 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama is urging his country's business sector to pressure Congress to lift the blockade policy imposed and maintained on Cuba for over half a century now.... More


Havana, September 17 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic of Namibia Hage Gottfried Geingob concluded on Thursday his official visit to Cuba, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation ties.... More


Malabo, September 17 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea Agapito Mba Mokuy reiterated his government's unwavering support for Cuba and against the U.S. blockade policy. ... More


Havana, September 17 (RHC)-- Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, arrives in Cuba Thursday for an official visit.... More


Brussels, September 17 (RHC)-- Anti-terrorist fighter and Hero of the Republic of Cuba Gerardo Hernández met in Brussels with the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Dirk Van Der Maelen.... More


Havana, September 17 (RHC)-- Cuban television will broadcast a video message sent by Pope Francis to the Cuban people on occasion of the Holy Father's upcoming visit to Cuba from September 19th through the 22nd. ... More


Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill 21

Baghdad, September 17 (RHC)-- At least 21 Iraqi people have been killed in two bomb explosions in mainly Shia neighborhoods of central Baghdad, a local media report says. ... More


Santiago de Chile, September 17 (RHC)-- In Chile, one million people have been evacuated and at least five people have been killed after a powerful 8.4-magnitude earthquake shook northern and central Chile Wednesday evening.... More


Budapest, September 17 (RHC)-- In news from Europe, the Hungarian military has begun sending Humvees mounted with guns toward its border with Serbia, as the Hungarian police detained dozens of refugees and fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds more. ... More


Zagreb, September 17 (RHC)-- Nearly 4,000 refugees, mostly from crisis-hit Syria, have entered Croatia from Serbia in the past 24 hours following a move by Hungary to close its borders to them. ... More


Sanaa, September 17 (RHC)-- At least ten people have been killed and many more wounded in Saudi Arabia's latest airstrike on Yemen. The civilians were killed as Saudi warplanes bombed a residential neighborhood in Yemen's capital city Sanaa early on Thursday morning. ... More


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