Bogotá, August 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda told a local radio on Wednesday that he agrees paramilitary groups have extended their reach into other countries, notably neighboring Venezuela, which decided to close its border with Colombia in an effort to combat the threat of these illegal armed groups.... More
Stockholm, August 27 (RHC)-- The bodies of around 40 people have been discovered in the hold of a troubled migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the Swedish coastguard says. ... More
Gaza City, August 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees says the infant mortality rate in besieged Gaza Strip has dramatically risen for the first time in more than half a century. "The number of babies dying before the age of one has consistently gone down over the last decades in Gaza, from 127 per 1,000 live births in 1960 to 20.2 in 2008," the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a statement. ... More
New York, August 27 (RHC)-- The board of the American Psychological Association has voted nearly unanimously to adopt a new policy barring psychologists from participating in national security interrogations. ... More
Roanoke, August 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, vigils have been held for two journalists who were fatally shot on live television during the morning broadcast Wednesday of the local news station WDBJ in Roanoke. ... More
Washington, August 27 (RHC)-- Retail giant Wal-Mart has announced it will no longer sell assault rifles in its stores, although it will continue to sell shotguns. ... More
San Francisco, August 27 (RHC)-- A recent study shows that global warming has worsened drought conditions in the U.S. state of California by as much as 27 percent. The report points to wildfires in the U.S. state, which have spread rapidly and burned thousands of acres of forests.... More
Edinburgh, August 27 (RHC)-- Reverend Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist in the United States, has said that Americans have become "much too violent" and the number of guns in their hands shows that the country is "playing with mayhem." ... More
London, August 27 (RHC)-- A new report in the UK points to the practice of using sick children as guinea pigs in National Health Service (NHS) experiments with tainted blood. ... More
Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo was second with 17.73m after American Christian Taylor who came through with a sixth-round leap of 18.21m in the men's triple jump final, just eight centimeters short of Jonathan Edwards' 20-year-old world record.... More
Buenos Aires, August 27 (RHC) -- The Argentinian Cultural Center of Cooperation is displaying a photographic exhibition called "The Chronicle of an Unforgettable Day," taken during a speech in 2003 by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on the steps of the Faculty of Law at the University of Buenos Aires. ... More
Havana, August 27 (RHC)-- During a meeting of the Provincial Group to Counter Drought in Havana, Division General Ramon Pardo Guerra, head of the National Staff of the Civil Defense of Cuba, called for the implementation of measures that allow for the rational use of available water. ... More
Miami, August 27 (RHC)-- According to weather forecasters in the region, Tropical Storm Erika's track has shifted slightly back to the west-northwest. And they say that general motion is expected to continue for the next two days. ... More
Havana, August 27 (RHC)-- The Center for Research on the World Economy (CIEM) has called for the seventh edition of an international meeting to be held in Havana on October 29th and 30th. ... More
Mexico City, August 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Relatives of the 43 forcibly disappeared Ayotzinapa students, along with supporters, held a peaceful rally Wednesday in the Mexican capital. They had traveled from other states to continue to demand justice for their missing children, 11 months after the disappearance.... More
More Views
- Venezuelan president highlights the historical struggle of Latin American peoples against global fascism
- Protesters in Poland demand Netanyahu's arrest, warning of an act of complicity with war crimes in Gaza
- ITU World Youth Summit to be held in Cuba
- Prime minister says Greenland does not want to be American or Danish
- Cuba falls to Croatian club on the way to Handball World Cup
