Kiev, April 21 (RHC)-- U.S. paratroopers have begun training Ukrainian forces who are battling pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east. ... More


Tel Aviv, April 21 (RHC)-- Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned down a request from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to meet during his upcoming visit to the occupied Palestinian territories because of Carter's 'anti-Israeli' stance, a report says. ... More


Paris, April 21 (RHC)-- A French passenger train traveling from Paris to Belfort has slammed into a truck, leaving 32 people injured. A local government source told AFP that the number of dead in the crash was “around thirty with light injuries ... and two people with more serious injuries, the train driver and a passenger." ... More


Washington, April 21 (RHC)-- Over 50 disability rights activists have been arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C. ... More


San Francisco, April 21 (RHC)-- Wal-Mart workers have accused the retailer of closing down five stores in order to suppress growing calls for a living wage and benefits. ... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel met on Tuesday with visiting Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- Cuba and Ireland signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at establishing more practical and effective mechanisms for strengthened political consultations and dialogue between the two governments.... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- UNICEF's Regional Office in Cuba issued a communique condemning Monday's horrific terrorist attack in northern Somalia, in which seven people including four members of the UNICEF staff there, were killed.... More


Moscow, April 21 (RHC) –- Cuban President Raul Castro is slated to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, held every May 9th in the Russian capital to mark yet another anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. ... More


Paris, April 21 (RHC) -- French President François Hollande met on Tuesday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who pays an official visit to France as part of a broader European tour.... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC) -- The National Electoral Commission (CEN) has begun preparations for a runoff of mid-term elections, in those districts where no candidate obtained over 50% of the votes.... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC) -– A trade mission representing 18 Jamaican companies arrived in Cuba on Monday to promote products in that market, EFE news agency reported.... More


Havana, April 21 (RHC) –- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says his trade mission to Cuba with business executives will pressure the U.S. Congress to end the five-decades old economic blockade on Havana.... More


Caracas, April 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ahead of parliamentary elections set to take place this year, Venezuelan political parties began their primaries Monday with the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announcement that it had received some 46,000 candidate registrations.... More


Mexico City, April 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican state security forces are once again under heavy scrutiny after three media outlets published material Sunday that says the Federal Police massacred 16 unarmed people in two separate, but related attacks in January. ... More


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