Abuja, June 2 (RHC)-- A runaway fuel tanker has barreled into a bus station in southeastern Nigeria, causing at least 70 deaths. The truck rammed into 12 buses on Sunday in a crowded terminal in the city of Onitsha in Anambra State, setting off a large fire. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has rejected the possibility of dropping charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, despite supporting a bill to overhaul the bulk phone spying program he exposed. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- In a landmark religious discrimination case, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Muslim woman rejected from a job for wearing a headscarf. ... More
Kathmandu, June 2 (RHC) –- A team of Cuban doctors providing medical assistance to victims affected by the devastating April earthquake in Nepal has treated a total of 4,610 patients, including 52 surgeries on patients, according to official reports. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC) -– A U.S. House of Representatives panel is trying to prohibit funding for an embassy or other diplomatic facility in Cuba, in a bid to frustrate the Barack Obama administration's efforts to normalize diplomatic ties with Havana.... More
Moscow, June 2 (RHC-AGENCIES) –- The president of Russia's Rosatom Corporation, Serguei Kirienko, and Cuban Science Minister Elba Rosa Perez considered in Moscow opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the nuclear energy field.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC-AGENCIES) –- President Barack Obama plans to nominate Roberta Jacobson, the lead negotiator on his new Cuba policies, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, the White House announced Monday. ... More
Little Rock, June 2 (RHC) -- Fifty-three businesspeople from the U.S. state of Arkansas and officials hosted by the State Chamber of Commerce will begin a week-long visit to Cuba Tuesday, amid the warming relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.... More
Ciego de Avila, June 2 (RHC) -– France's Accor Hotel Chain will assume in November the management of a new hotel on Cayo Coco Key, off the north-central Cuban coast.... More
Zapata Swamp, June 2 (RHC) -- The Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) announced on Monday the 10th International Symposium Wetlands 2015, to be held in the beautiful Zapata Swamp next November 3rd to 6th.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- On the campaign trail in the United States, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has entered the presidential race. Graham launched his campaign Monday with a warning about "radical Islam ... running wild." ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- Another presumed Republican U.S. presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush, is the top speaker at a secretive meeting of coal company executives in Virginia, which wraps up on Tuesday. ... More
Quito, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President Rafael Correa has announced reforms to Ecuador’s inheritance law to reduce social inequality in the country. The reforms focus on the taxes applied on inheritances of more than $35,400, which will now face a 2.5 per cent tax rate. The tax would increase in increments up to 77.5 per cent for sums above $849,600. ... More
Bogota, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A trial began Monday in Colombia’s highest court of former intelligence chief Miguel Maza over the assassination of a left-leaning presidential candidate just over a quarter of a century ago. ... More
Lima, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The recent FIFA bribery scandal is serving to revive a corruption lawsuit against Manuel Burga, Congressman Daniel Abuggatás stated on Monday. Manuel Burga is the former president of the Peruvian Football Federation and for some is one of the most hated person in the country, being blamed for the poor performance of both the national team and local clubs for the last 13 years. ... More
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