London, June 8 (RHC)-- Attackers have ripped the hijab off a Muslim woman while picking up her children after school in London. After asking if it was hot wearing hijab, "they pulled my headscarf off and started punching and kicking me," RT quoted the young woman as saying in a report on Sunday. ... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- British protesters stage a rally to urge the closure of a notorious immigrant detention center in the United Kingdom. The largest protest yet against Britain's most notorious immigration removal center took place on Saturday, as campaigners denounced Yarl's Wood as an "abomination" that should be closed immediately, the Guardian reported. ... More
Ankara, June 8 (RHC)-- Turkey’s ruling party has lost its parliamentary majority in a major defeat for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Justice and Development Party, or AKP, still won the most seats, but lost legislative control for the first time in 13 years. ... More
Islamabad, June (RHC)-- Pakistan has acknowledged it has cleared eight of the ten people convicted for the attempted murder of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai. ... More
Madrid, June 8 (RHC)-- Air traffic controllers in Spain have launched four days of partial strikes that could affect thousands of flights in one of the most visited countries in the world. The work stoppage called by the Union of Air Traffic Controllers (USCA) is scheduled to take place on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday between two blocks of four hours each day. ... More
Cuba defeated Dominican Republic 3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-23) on the final day of the NORCECA Women’s Final Four Cup as both teams secured the available berths for the World Cup in Japan, the first Olympic qualifying event. ... More
Brussels, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno said in Brussels that the European Union's position on Cuba is developing positively and pointed to the rejection by the European bloc of the over-50-year U.S. economic blockade of Cuba.... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- The scheduled visit to Cuba of Pope Francis in September will serve to further strengthen friendship ties between the Caribbean country and the Vatican.... More
Brussels, June 8 (RHC)-— Cuba called in Belgium for the strengthening of cooperation between the universities of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) during the 2nd Academic Summit between the two regional blocs. “We want to move from theory to practice and implement more projects in areas of common interest,” said the rector of the Cuban University of Camaguey and deputy to the National Assembly Santiago Lage during the forum in Brussels.... More
Pretoria, June 8 (RHC)-- The National Union of South African Miners has joined world celebrations upon the release and return to Cuba of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, who served long terms in U.S. prisons, and welcomed the upcoming visit to the African country of two of the Five. ... More
Tokyo, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Ambassador to Japan Marcos Rodriguez and the President of the Japanese Lower Chamber of Parliament's Foreign Relations Shinako Tsuchiya met in the Japanese capital and referred to the high level of bilateral relations between the two countries.... More
Mexico City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Independent candidate of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Jaime Rodriguez, made history on Sunday by breaking with the two-party system after winning the governorship with at least 44 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results and exit polls.... More
Mexico City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Disaster and death marked Sunday's mid-term elections in Mexico, after protesters and activists boycotted the polls and protested against the electoral process. ... More
Quito, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador’s government is proposing a new law to make all migrants legal in the country. ... More
Quito, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A new bill put forward by Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa designed to redistribute wealth in the country was officially submitted on Friday to the National Assembly. ... More
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