London, September 23 (RHC)-- Two British journalists have gone on trial accused of paying a police officer for information for stories. According to prosecutors, the officer got about £10,000 over 10 years. They added that the “corrupt relationship" was based on "tip-offs" on incidents, arrests or celebrities. ... More
Washington, September 23 (RHC)-- A Chinese interceptor jet nearly collided with an American spy plane over the Yellow Sea last week. The jet conducted a pass near the American RC-135 while it was busy gathering electronic intelligence near the disputed Senkaku Islands on September 15th, the Washington Free Beacon reported. ... More
Los Angeles, September 23 (RHC)-- In Los Angeles, California, Mayor Eric Garcetti and members of the City Council have declared a "state of emergency" over homelessness and vowed to dedicate $100 million to address the issue. ... More
Renowned American a Capella music group Take 6 will perform in Havana on the 26th. of September as part of the music festival Les voix humaines or Human Voices, organized and sponsored by the office Cuban maestro, Leo Brouwer.... More
Bogotá, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Colombian Senator and human rights activist Piedad Cordoba announced Tuesday that the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are ready to sign an agreement for justice and reparations to victims of the more than 50-year-old armed conflict. ... More
Mexico City, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In the small, usually quiet town of San Antonio Matute, in the northern Mexican state of Jalisco, armed forces clashed with heavily armed drug gang members, with a death toll between five and eight, according to local officials and conflicting news reports.... More
Mexico City, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Tensions have been heating up in Mexico this week both in the streets and in congress, days ahead of the one year anniversary of the infamous disappearances of the 43 Ayotzinapa students. The case, which has shaken the country over the past year, is rife with controversies and contradictions and is still far from being resolved. ... More
Montevideo, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Uruguayan women's organization Cotidiano Mujer has presented a report analyzing the effects of the gender quota system implemented in the 2015 local elections, showing the outcome could be even lower than in the past in some cases. ... More
Guatemala City, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Guatemalan court has ordered the confiscation of a bank account and six countryside houses belonging to former president Otto Perez Molina, who resigned on September 3rd over corruption allegations, said judge Marco Antonio Villeda on Tuesday. ... More
La Paz, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Bolivian government will hold a national referendum next February to determine if the country’s current President Evo Morales will be allowed to run in the 2019 presidential election, the country’s Senate President announced on Tuesday. ... More
Bogotá, September 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos revealed on Tuesday part of his administration's comprehensive strategy aimed at providing poor farmers with alternatives to illicit coca crops, as the forced eradication approach implemented for the past two decades has failed so far to address drug-trafficking and poverty in rural areas.... More
Washington, September 23 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has called the U.S. blockade of Cuba by its name -- a "blockade." According to CubaDebate, this the first time in 17 years that a Pope has not called the blockade "an embargo."... More
Havana, September 23 (RHC)-- Cuba's Litz Alfonso Ballet Company is preparing a tour of several Mexican cities, according to the general director of the dance company. ... More
Pinar del Rio, September 23 (RHC)-- The outstanding natural scenes of the Viñales Valley, in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, is the green zone picked by 160 tour-operators, travel agents and journalists taking part of the 10th International Nature Tourism Event, Turnat-2015.... More
Quito, September 22 (RHC)-- The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia met on Monday in host country Ecuador and have agreed to normalize border relations.... More
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