Montevideo, July 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Uruguayan government has announced it will invest $12 billion in infrastructure improvements between 2015 and 2019. The investment plan, made up 66 percent by public financing and the rest private, is aimed at encouraging economic activity, and is hoped to raise it by 2.5 percent, following on from a 3.5 percent boost in 2014. ... More
Ramallah, July 28 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces used live fire against thousands of Palestinians taking part in the West Bank funeral of a Palestinian teenager, injuring several people. Clashes between the regime forces and funeral participants erupted Monday afternoon after 18-year-old Muhammad Abu Latifa was shot dead by Israeli forces in an early morning raid into the Qalandia refugee camp. ... More
Moscow, July 28 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the United States for the current round of arms race in the world. "This new spiral of the arms race was prompted by the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty,” Putin said in an interview with Swiss broadcaster RTS on Monday. ... More
Tehran, July 28 (RHC)-- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic and the European Union have agreed to revive stalled talks. ... More
Ramallah, July 28 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have raided a detention facility in southern occupied territories, assaulted dozens of Palestinian inmates and then forcibly transferred many of them to other sections of the jail. ... More
New York, July 28 (RHC)-- The U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition launched a new wave of airstrikes Monday against Yemen, despite the five-day humanitarian truce that went into effect Sunday night. ... More
Ankara, July 28 (RHC)-- In news from Turkey, the police have detained more than 1,000 people in the ongoing crackdown on suspected militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State, as well as members of the dissident Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK. ... More
Tripoli, July 28 (RHC)-- In news from Libya, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi’s son, along with eight others has been sentenced to death for allegedly committing war crimes in 2011. ... More
Dresden, July 28 (RHC)-- In Germany, an explosion in Dresden struck the car of a leftist politician who has been advocating for refugees. The explosion comes one day after Dresden residents smashed windows in a hotel that is being converted into refugee housing. ... More
Jayapura, July 28 (RHC)-- A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia’s Java Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 6.41 a.m. on Monday local time in Indonesia, almost 250 kilometers west of the densely populated provincial capital, Jayapura. ... More
Paris, July 28 (RHC)-- Forest fires in southern France have prompted firefighters to evacuate three campsites near the southern drought-hit region of Provence, affecting thousands of people. ... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC) -- With the introduction of the project ´Friends of a Friend´ at the ALBA Cultural House in Havana, the Young Communist League (UJC) recalls the Eternal Comandante Hugo Chavez on this July 28th, when we commemorate the 61st birthday of the leader of the Bolivian Revolution of Venezuela.... More
Sancti Spiritus, July 28 (RHC) -- Members of the 26th Pastors for Peace Caravan have confirmed that they will continue the struggle to lift the unjust blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over half a century.... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC) --- Alina Rodriguez, one of the most important Cuban actresses of all time, admired for her exceptional theatrical skills and loved by the Cuban people, has died in Havana, a victim of cancer.... More
Caracas, July 28 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has proposed that Pope Francis join the project for Operation Miracle's expansion to other countries around the world.... More
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