Havana, April 29 (RHC) -- Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), has praised Cuba's opening to foreign investment.... More
Havana, April 29 (RHC-Xinhua) -- British business leaders met with their Cuban counterparts Tuesday in Havana as part of a business forum designed to boost bilateral trade.... More
Havana, April 29 (RHC) -- Cuba's National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI) reported an increase of tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2015, with more than 1 136 000 visitors.... More
Kinshasa, April 29 (RHC) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is looking to develop collaboration projects with Cuba, especially in the field of professional training, according to the Deputy Prime Minister of that African country, Willy Makiashi.... More
Kathmandu, April 28 (RHC)-- The prime minister of Nepal has warned the death toll from Saturday’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake could reach 10,000. The toll now stands at over 4,300 and is continuing to climb, with 8,000 injured. ... More
After echoes of the 54th National Baseball Series, Cuban baseball is now going through a period of apparent calm, marked by preparation for the key commitments in the international arena.... More
Bogota, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's Health Ministry is recommending the immediate suspension of aerial spraying of a cancer-causing herbicide used to eradicate cocaine crops, according to reports on Monday. ... More
Kathmandu, April 28 (RHC)-- At least 250 villagers are feared missing in a new mudslide and avalanche days after a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the South Asian country of Nepal. On Tuesday, officials said the mudslide and avalanche took place in the isolated Ghodatabela village in rural regions near Gorkha district, about 100 kilometers northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, the epicenter of the April 25th earthquake. ... More
Mexico City, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over a third of Mexican children up to the age of five suffer from malnutrition, World Vision warned on Monday. The aid organization released a report titled “The State of the Most Vulnerable Children and Young People in Mexico 2015,” in which 36 percent of the six million studied were not receiving enough food. ... More
Baghdad, April 28 (RHC)-- At least seven people have been killed in a car bomb attack in a southwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Iraqi officials confirmed Monday that at least seven people, all of them civilians, were killed after a car bomb went off in Baghdad’s Bayaa district. ... More
Havana, April 28 (RHC)-- Cuban anti-terrorist Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, thanked Radio Havana Cuba for its support to the international campaign to win his release and that of his other four compatriots from U.S. prisons.... More
Quito, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Reforms to the Civil Code have been passed by Ecuador's National Assembly, raising the legal age of marriage to 18, specifying the criteria for marriage and divorce, and making civil marriages a legally recognized civil status in the country. ... More
Islamabad, April 28 (RHC)-- The death toll from heavy storms and flooding in northwest Pakistan has risen more than twofold compared to initial figures, according to local officials. ... More
Washington, April 28 (RHC)-- U.S. forces will gain access to at least eight military bases in the Philippines following a new bilateral agreement, reports say. The eight bases would give the U.S. military the most access since it evacuated forces from its Philippine bases in 1990s. ... More
Havana, April 28 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has received Cardinal Beniamino Stella, a high-ranking Vatican emissary, with whom he discussed Pope Francis' September visit to the island.... More
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