Paris, May 19 (RHC) -- Air France airline intends to launch an additional Paris-Havana flight, increasing the number of weekly flights in that route to eleven.... More


Kiev, May 19 (RHC) -– Participants at a scientific conference in Kiev have urged the Ukrainian government and parliament to resume the joint medical program with Cuba for the children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.... More


Johannesburg, May 19 (RHC) -– Cuba has been our friend in good and bad times, said Pan-African Parliament member Laura Mcleod-Katjirua during a session of that organization.... More


Panama City, May 19 (PL-RHC)-- Indigenous communities in Panama reaffirmed their movement to reclaim their right to inter-cultural education on Monday, pledging to ensure children in the first three grades of primary school in indigenous regions are taught by their own indigenous educators.... More


Castries, May 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Saint Lucians will receive an increase in pensions and lump sum benefits starting July 1st. ... More


Tegucigalpa, May 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The international human rights organization FIAN on Monday slammed the U.N. Universal Periodic Review process on Honduras for its failure to address key issues of land access and the right to food in its 152 human rights recommendations to the Honduran government. ... More


Lima, May 19 (RHC-AGENCIES)-- Several officials are under investigation for diverting more than 1 million soles ($300,000) from anti-poverty programs in the northern region of Cajamarca, Peruvian media reported.... More


Brasilia, May 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A 51-year-old Brazilian woman has given birth to her 21st child, making her one of the oldest mother’s in the world. According to local media, the baby was born in the north eastern city of Aracaju, weighing three kilos, equivalent to about 6.6 pounds. The little boy will join the family of 10 brothers and 10 sisters. ... More


Brasilia, May 19 (RHC-MERCOPRESS)--China's Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brasilia on Monday to sign agreements on infrastructure, energy and aviation that experts say could reach $100 billion.... More


Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- In northwest Colombia, heavy rains have triggered a massive landslide which killed at least 62 people.... More


Mexico City, May 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- About 90 percent of Mexican farmers, fishers and foresters make less than 200 Mexican pesos ($15) a day for shifts of up to 12 hours, according to a survey by the country's Institute of National Statistics (INEGI). ... More


Ramallah, May 18 (RHC)-- Clashes have broken out between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem during a rally on the occasion of what the Tel Aviv regime calls the Jerusalem Day. ... More


Damascus, May 18 (RHC)-- A U.S. raid in eastern Syria has killed 32 members of the ISIL terrorist group, including four of its leaders, sources say. The operation was launched by U.S. Special Operations forces in Deir ez-Zor province, without coordination with the Syrian government. ... More


Baghdad, May 18 (RHC)-- At least 15 members of Iraqi security forces have been killed and dozens others injured in bomb attacks in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar.... More


Sanaa, May 18 (RHC)-- Yemeni media report that Saudi warplanes have targeted ships purportedly belonging to UNICEF engaged in delivery of humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people. Saudi fighter jets launched three "aerial attacks" on the ships which were bound for the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa'ada, Iranian news agency IRIB quoted Yemeni TV channel al-Masirah as saying. ... More


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