Caracas, August 12 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The nations of the Latin American and Caribbean integration bloc ALBA have released a joint declaration expressing grave concern over the humanitarian crisis in Europe around the growing migrant crisis. ... More
Ramallah, August 11 (RHC)-- A Palestinian non-governmental organization says nearly 150 Palestinian prisoners have gone on hunger strike over the past week. “120 Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Nafha Prison [who were recently transferred] announced an open hunger strike on Thursday to demand that they be returned to the prison blocs in which they were previously held,” according to Qadora Faris, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society. ... More
London, August 11 (RHC)-- People in Britain have been signing a petition that calls on the government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival in the UK next month. ... More
Tokyo, August 11 (RHC)-- In news from Japan, the Kyushu Electric Power Company has restarted Japan’s first nuclear reactor following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. ... More
Havana, August 11 (RHC) -- A photography exhibition has opened in Havana in honor of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.... More
Caracas, August 11 (RHC) -– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez urged Latin American and Caribbean peoples to come together under cooperative alliances such as the Union of South American Nations, the Caribbean Community and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA).... More
Havana, August 11 (RHC-PL) -- The restoration of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States is another important victory for the Cuban Revolution, said Ecuador's ambassador to Havana, Edgar Ponce.... More
Washington, August 11 (RHC-EFE) -- Exports of food products from the U.S. to Cuba dropped 37 percent in the first six months of 2015, despite the restoration of diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington, a new report by the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council said.... More
Havana, August 10 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban President Raul Castro met with his Salvadoran counterpart, Salvador Sanchez Ceren -- an occasion in which the two statesmen verified with satisfaction the good progress of bilateral relations. According to this morning's edition of Granma newspaper, during the meeting yesterday afternoon, the statesmen also discussed the prospects of expanding cooperation.... More
Caracas, August 10 (RHC-PL) -- A meeting between Cuban President Raúl Castro and Executive Vice President of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza in Havana made headlines in local media in Venezuela yesterday.... More
St. Louis, August 10 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Ferguson, Missouri, police shot and critically injured an African-American teenager on Sunday night amid the protests commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. ... More
Mexico City, August 10 (RHC)-- In Mexico, an activist who has led the search for the missing 43 students in the southern state of Guerrero was found shot dead inside a taxi on Saturday. ... More
Denver, August 10 (RHC)-- In news from Colorado, a jury has sentenced James Holmes to life without parole for the 2012 Aurora movie theater massacre, which killed 12 people and wounded 70 more. ... More
New York, August 10 (RHC)-- And Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has sparked outrage with his comments implying that Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly was asking him tough questions during the first presidential debate because she was having her period. ... More
Beijing, August 10 (RHC)-- At least 14 people have been killed in China as Typhoon Soudelor hits the country, state media says. The Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that four others went missing as some parts of the country were hit by the heaviest rains in a century. ... More
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