Toronto, July 31 (RHC) -– The Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association of Niagara is set to celebrate 70 years of peaceful relations between Canada and Cuba, the Forterie Times reports.... More
Cuba's Olympic silver medalist Yarisley Silva finished in first place in the women’s pole vault of the 28 meetings at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm with another excellent performance. Her efforts turned into an intriguing tactical battle with her two main rivals, Greece’s Diamond Race leader Niki Kyriakopoulou and Brazil’s 2011 world champion Fabiana Murer.... More
We are in conditions to "get good results" in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Becali, president of the Cuban Sports Institute (INDER), said in remarks published today in Granma newspaper.... More
A Republican U.S. congressman filed a bill on Tuesday to eliminate the decades-long U.S. blockade on Cuba.... More
Kabul, July 30 (RHC)-- At least 15 people have been killed and several others injured in a series of U.S. drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. The attacks were reportedly carried out against anti-government militants in the province’s Harun Baba district, local Afghan officials said on Wednesday night. ... More
Quito, July 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Thursday his government backs the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba, but condemned Washington's aggressions against Venezuela. ... More
Sanaa, July 30 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has pounded several areas in Yemen despite a self-declared ceasefire in its deadly military campaign against the war-torn Arab country. ... More
Ankara, July 30 (RHC)-- In news from the Middle East, residents are fleeing the Kurdish village of Amadiya after Turkey’s heaviest airstrikes in two weeks pummeled the hillside town in northern Iraq. ... More
Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has once again threatened Iran with war despite the conclusion of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of countries. ... More
Beirut, July 30 (RHC)-- At least six people have been injured after an Israeli drone attacked the base of a Palestinian group in east Lebanon. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Israeli military targeted the base belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) near the Lebanese border with Syria on Wednesday, the Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star reported. ... More
Ramallah, July 30 (RHC)-- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has blasted Israel for ordering the construction of more illegal settler units in the occupied territories, describing the move as “war crimes” against Palestinians. ... More
New York, July 30 (RHC)-- Several famous American actors and other personalities are supporting the Barack Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran, asking the U.S. Congress not to sabotage the deal and make a new war. ... More
Moscow, July 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. authorities' reluctance to view Edward Snowden's case impartially makes it impossible for the former NSA contractor to return home, his lawyer says. ... More
Honolulu, July 30 (RHC)-- Trade ministers from Pacific Rim countries are continuing secret talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact at a luxury hotel in Hawaii. ... More
San Francisco, July 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, authorities are investigating a two-mile-long oil slick that has appeared in the water off the coast of Santa Barbara. ... More
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