New York, July 16 (RHC)-- The family of Eric Garner, who died one year ago this Friday after a police chokehold in the U.S. city of New York, has renewed their call for criminal charges against the officers. ... More
New York, July 16 (RHC)-- The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU, has filed a lawsuit to immediately end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone data. ... More
Berlin, July 16 (RHC)-- In Germany, 94-year-old Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," has been sentenced to four years in prison. He was responsible for counting the belongings taken from prisoners at the Nazi death camp. ... More
Tokyo, July 16 (RHC)-- Japan's automobile manufacturing giant, Toyota, has recalled 625,000 hybrid vehicles globally, mostly the Prius model known for being environment-friendly, over a defect that can bring the car to an unexpected stop.... More
Santiago de Cuba, July 16 (RHC)-- The CubaCaribe Business Forum takes place today and tomorrow in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba with the aim of strengthening economic and trade relations with neighboring nations. ... More
Bogota, July 16 (RHC)-- The representation in Colombia of the World Federation of Trade Unions, the WFTU, has demanded the immediate lifting of the unjust economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over half a century. ... More
Havana, July 16 (RHC)-- Seven companies received approval to operate in the Cuban port of Mariel and the surrounding industrial area. ... More
Addis Ababa, July 16 (RHC)-- During the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, taking place in Addis Ababa, Cuba has pointed to the historical responsibility and moral duty of the industrialized countries toward the sustainable development of the nations of the South.... More
Havana, July 16 (RHC) -– Cuban President Raul Castro has called on his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to use his executive powers to dismantle the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Havana.... More
Mexico City, July 16 (RHC) -– Members of the 26th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba, an initiative that has brought tons of humanitarian assistance to Cuba over the years in defiance of the U.S. blockade, arrived in Mexico on their way to Havana.... More
Havana, July 16 (RHC) -– Cuban Economy Minister Marino Murillo confirmed on Thursday that the country's Gross Domestic Product grew 4.7 percent during the first half of this year.... More
Miami, July 16 (RHC) –- Haimark Line is the latest tour company to announce plans to operate cruises from Florida to Cuba starting next February.... More
Mexico City, July 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Family members of the 43 forcibly disappeared Ayotzinapa students protested on Wednesday outside the 27th Infantry Battalion military base in Iguala, Guerrero where the students were disappeared almost 10 months ago, local media reported.... More
Mexico City, July 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Some 10,000 federal police and 48 sniffer dogs have been deployed across Mexico in an effort to search for the most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to the Mexican internal affairs ministry.... More
Quito, July 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador's provinces have proposed a parallel dialogue to the national government's, following a bomb attack on the governing party’s headquarters. ... More
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