New York, May 11 (RHC)-- An explosion has rocked a nuclear facility in the U.S. state of New York, triggering fears across the country, reports say. The explosion happened on Saturday at the Indian Point nuclear plant in the upstate part of New York. ... More
Fort-de-France, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Caribbean heads of state are hoping that the ‘Declaration of Fort de France’ will result in a unified voice to the unique challenges and solutions to climate related issues in their region. ... More
London, May 11 (RHC)-- British police clashed with anti-austerity protesters in central London as thousands turned out to express anger at Tories rise to majority rule with only 37 percent of the vote. ... More
Santiago de Chile, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced her new cabinet Monday, days after she made a surprise announcement asking all previous minister to resign as part of a “re-evaluation” of her government's agenda. ... More
Washington, May 11 (RHC)-- A large number of protesters, mainly mothers who have lost their children due to police brutality, took to the streets of the U.S. capital over the weekend to call for an end to police brutality and racial injustice. ... More
Santiago de Chile, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean officials said that a few dozen beached sei whales were found dead along the southern coast of the Chile. ... More
Brussels, May 11 (RHC)-- The European Union has criticized the Israeli regime for its new plan to continue illegal settlement expansion on the occupied Palestinian lands. The criticism came two days after Israel approved the construction of 900 new illegal settler units in East Jerusalem. ... More
Georgetown, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Guyanese voters are heading to the polls on Monday to elect their country’s next presidential leader. Some 570,000 registered voters are casting their ballots in over 2,000 polling stations set up across the country, with voting opening 6:00 am and closing at 6:00 pm local time, according to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). ... More
Manila, May 11 (RHC)-- Thousands of people are being evacuated from the northern coast of the Philippines as a massive typhoon strikes the East Asian country, officials say. ... More
Tegucigalpa, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran authorities have blocked a human rights defender from participating in a U.N. review of the state of human rights in Honduras taking place this weekend in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the Honduras-based Association of Judges for Democracy (AJD). ... More
Brussels, May 11 (RHC)-- A group of people riding bicycles have held a protest rally in the de facto capital of the European Union, Brussels, to mark the 67th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe Day), when Israeli forces displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their land. ... More
Mexico City, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has called for solidarity with Mexican farmworkers facing government repression in their ongoing struggle for dignified labor conditions in San Quintin, Baja California. ... More
Rome, May 11 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has arrived back in Cuba from a world tour that took him to Algeria, Russia and Italy. Upon his arrival in Havana early Monday morning, Raul was welcomed by Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.... More
Havana, May 11 (RHC) -- French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Cuba, beginning the first visit to Cuba by a French president since Havana and Paris established diplomatic relations over one hundred years ago -– on June 11, 1902.... More
Havana, May 11 (RHC-AAP) –- Cuba expects 2015 to surpass the record number of tourists and revenues it attracted in 2014, a year when the island's tourism industry reaped $US 2.7 billion.... More
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