The penultimate subsets of the 55th Cuban Baseball Series conclude today after a day of only 4 challenges due to rain in several parts of the country. On Monday the official day of the current 39th domestic classic meets the definition of duels started last Friday if weather permits.... More
Beirut, October 19 (RHC)-- An explosion in northeast Lebanon has killed at least eight people in what some reports have described as an army rocket attack on militants positions. Lebanese sources said Monday that 11 people were wounded in the blast on the outskirts of the restive town of Arsal, which is located near the Lebanese-Syrian border. ... More
Caracas, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Venezuelan voters turned out Sunday to participate in the vote simulation summoned by electoral authorities before election day on December 6th.... More
Tel Aviv, October 19 (RHC)-- Israel has rejected a proposal by France to send international observers to monitor the situation near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem. ... More
New York, October 19 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Israel's "indiscriminate or deliberate" use of fire on observers and Palestinian demonstrators. ... More
United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations refugee agency says more than 10,000 people are stranded in Serbia as countries further west restrict the flow of refugees fleeing violence in their home countries. ... More
Washington, October 19 (RHC)-- Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Barack Obama’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term in 2017. ... More
Paris, October 19 (RHC)-- Air France has announced that it will go ahead to cut hundreds of jobs as planned next year, as part of the company's restructuring plan that has triggered violent protests. ... More
United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations is set to send a delegation to the UK within weeks as part of an inquiry into “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people allegedly taken place under London’s austerity measures. ... More
St. Louis, October 19 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri, are investigating a series of arson attacks that have damaged five churches during the past 10 days. ... More
Manila, October 19 (RHC)-- Typhoon Koppu has hit northern Philippines, destroying houses and forcing thousands of people from their homes. The powerful storm struck near the remote town of Casiguran in Aurora Province at about 1:00 a.m. local time on Sunday (1700 GMT on Saturday), bringing destructive winds of 175 kilometers per hour (109 miles per hour). ... More
Paris, October 19 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to fully restore funding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in exchange for his country's re-election to the organization's executive board. ... More
Havana, October 19 (RHC)-- The International Symposium Secured and Clean Seas got underway Monday at Havana's Meliá Cohiba Hotel with the participation of more than one hundred experts, academics, business executives and representatives, government agencies, ministries, universities and research centers from 13 countries.... More
Havana, October 19 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry has issued a news release denying the presence of Cuban troops in Syria. ... More
Havana, October 19 (RHC)-- Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu is paying a working visit to Cuba on Monday. ... More
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