Havana, May 16, (KEYSINFONET), – A boat race from Key West to Havana set sail Saturday morning, in what is believed to be the first sanctioned sailing race between the U.S. and Cuba in at least a half a century, Keysinfonet reports.... More
Havana, May 16 (RHC), -- Meteorologists at the Department of Atmospheric Science of Colorado State Univerity anticípate that this year’s Atlantic basin hurricane season will be one of the least active since 1950. They estimate that 2015 will have only 3 hurricanes (the average is 6.5), 7 named storms (average is 12.0) and only one 1 major (Category 3-4-5) hurricane (average of 2.0) .... More
Havana, May 16 (RHC-PL), -- Cuban and US musicians exhibited Beethoven's genius at the opening concert of the 19th International Fair Cubadisco, which is dedicated to choral and symphonic music.... More
Havana, May 16 (RHC-PL), -- Cuba is to host an international forum of entrepreneurs and leaders in information technology (Felti 2015) next week, reported sources from the organizing committee.... More
Havana, May 16 (RHC-PL), -- In Havana, Agriculture Minister Gustavo Rodriguez referred on Saturday to the process to improve the sector, including the grouping of companies by productive profiles and the elimination of vertical management structures... More
The Minnesota Symphony Orchestra is holding concerts at the Cuban Music and Record Industry Festival, Cubadisco 2015, currently underway in Havana... More
Ramallah, May 15 (RHC)-- Three Palestinian children have been wounded and six others arrested after Israeli military forces attacked a group of young Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank. ... More
Mexico City, May 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A mayoral candidate of a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacan was shot dead and three others were injured by an armed group following a campaign rally, local authorities reported on Thursday.... More
Paris, May 15 (RHC)-- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned of a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Yemen saying more than 15 million Yemenis are suffering from food insecurity in the wake of Saudi airstrikes. ... More
Bujumbura, May 15 (RHC)-- Burundi's presidential office says President Pierre Nkurunziza has returned to the capital, Bujumbura, after a military coup attempt by the African country's former intelligence chief ended in failure. ... More
United Nations, May 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has denounced a coup attempt in Burundi, demanding an end to the violence in the Southeast African country. In a Thursday unanimous statement, the council "condemned both those who facilitate violence of any kind against civilians and those who seek to seize power by unlawful means." ... More
Washington, May 15 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama hosted emirs and crown princes of Persian Gulf Arab states at the White House as part of the U.S.-Arab meeting at Camp David on Thursday. Obama welcomed the emirs of Kuwait and Qatar, as well as the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. ... More
Antalya, May 15 (RHC)-- The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says the Western military alliance will keep some troops in Afghanistan even after its current mission ends in 2016. ... More
Athens, May 15 (RHC)-- A new report shows that the economy of Greece has slipped back into recession after having contracted by 0.2 percent during the first quarter of the current year. ... More
Tokyo, May 15 (RHC)-- Japanese auto giants, Toyota and Nissan, have recalled 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest phase of an exploding airbag crisis, which has been linked to several deaths. ... More
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