Havana, May 1 (RHC) -- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans are marching through the country’s main plazas and streets to celebrate International Workers Day, marked every May 1st.... More
Tourists to Cuba jumped by 15% in the first quarter of 2015, and the trend is expected to hold for the rest of the year, the country's Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said.... More
The 1st and 3rd seats achieved by Yuniesky Quesada and Leinier Domínguez as 3rd and 1st boards in the World Team Chess Championship held in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, stands out in the 8th place overall reached by Cuba after they both shone individually, mainly Quesada, in the final outcome of the Cuban team, which got 7 points, divided into 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats in a row.... More
Quito, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In an effort to democratize access to information in the most remote parts of the country, the Ministry of Telecommunications of Ecuador is taking Internet access to rural areas with infocenters throughout the country. ... More
Kathmandu, April 30 (RHC)-- In Nepal, a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl have been rescued from piles of rubble where they were trapped for five days following a devastating earthquake. The girl was reportedly rescued in the devastated town of Bhaktapur. In the capital Kathmandu, rescuers worked for hours to save the teenage boy. ... More
Baltimore, April 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, thousands of people have continued to protest peacefully over the police custody death of Freddie Gray. Gray died of spinal injuries a week after he was arrested for looking a police lieutenant in the eye, then running away. His family said his spine was 80 percent severed at the neck. ... More
Lima, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru’s President Ollanta Humala announced during a live address to the nation that Peru had received an addendum sent by the Chilean government to the second diplomatic note in response to the recent spying case. ... More
St. Louis, April 30 (RHC)-- Thousands of people marched in the U.S. cities from Boston to Chicago to Ferguson, Missouri, to show solidarity with Baltimore and connect the case of Freddie Gray with police killings of unarmed African Americans across the country. ... More
Washington, April 30 (RHC)-- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress Wednesday, pressing lawmakers to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. ... More
The Vatican, April 30 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has taken on the gender pay gap. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis called wage inequality a "pure scandal." ... More
New York, April 30 (RHC)-- Japan has agreed to new military cooperation with the United States in which it will come to the aid of U.S. forces under threat and further expand ties on cyber, space and industrial operations given rising Chinese defense capabilities. ... More
United Nations, April 30 (RHC)-- Israel has been found guilty of carrying out seven attacks on United Nations' sites, which were being used as civilian shelters during the 2014 onslaught on the Gaza Strip, a UN inquiry concludes. ... More
Paris, April 30 (RHC)-- Official figures show the number of unemployed people in France reached a new record high in March, with young people hit the hardest. The French Labor Ministry released the data this week showing 3.51 million people were jobless in March, up 0.4 percent from the previous month. ... More
Athens, April 30 (RHC)-- Greece is expected to discuss with its international creditors a draft bill of reforms aimed at unblocking bailout funds for the cash-strapped country. ... More
Havana, April 30 (RHC) – Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fumio Kishida, ratified his country's desire to deepen diplomatic, trade and cooperation ties with Cuba, Granma newspaper reports.... More
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