Vancouver, April 8 (RHC)-- A seawater sample collected near Canada’s west coast has revealed traces of radioactive contamination originating from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011.... More


MADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Spain could face heat waves with temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius by the year 2050, according to a report on the effects of climate change published on Tuesday.... More


Damascus, Apr 8, (RHC), – A PLO delegation met with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus on Tuesday to discuss preventing the Islamic State terror group from maintaining control of the Yarmouk refugee camp, where thousands of Palestinians live.... More


MOSCOW, April 8 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Russia may lift embargo on farm product imports from Greece introduced last year, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Wednesday.... More


KIRKUK, Iraq, April 8 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Islamic State (IS) militant group released about 216 Yazidis it kidnapped months ago in Iraq, a Kurdish security source said on Wednesday.... More


Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would act to take Cuba off the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries once he gets a State Department recommendation. ... More


Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. government official says the State Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the government's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. ... More


Havana, April 08 (RHC)Cuban farmer Abelardo Silva currently heads a cooperative farm in the western province of Artemisa and he is part of the Cuban delegation participating in one of the forums running parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama.... More


Varadero, Cuba, April 08 (RHC) Cuba counts on over one million university graduates, representing 11.1 percent of the population and 18,7 percent of its labor force, according to a higher education official.... More


Panama City, April 08 (RHC) Cuban Reverend Raul Suarez, who is participating in the forums parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama, condemned the decree issued by the Obama administration describing Venezuela as a threat to U.S. national security.... More


Havana, April 8 (RHC) Mitigation of climate change and urban design are among the main topics on the third day of sessions of the 15th Meeting of Latin American Geographers.... More


Lima, April 08 (teleSUR-RHC) Peruvian farm workers marched and went on hunger strike in protest of a mining project by the Southern Copper Corporation in the province of Islay, a region of Arequipa on Tuesday. ... More


Brasilia, April 08 (teleSUR-RHC) Brazilian unions and social movements staged protests throughout the country on Tuesday to reject the passing of a proposed legislation that would weaken labor rights. ... More


San José, April 08 (PL-RHC) Some 50,000 people are registered to date as possible candidates for various positions in the municipal elections to be held in Costa Rica on February 7, 2016.... More


Buenos Aires, April 8 (MERCOPRESS-RHC) The Argentine government officially declassified secret files on Monday relating to the country's 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland or Malvinas Islands.... More


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