Geneva, April 3 (RHC)-- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has expressed concern over the acts of terror committed by Nigeria-based Takfiri Boko Haram militants, saying the terrorists are using children as “human bombs.”... More


Philadelphia, April 3 (RHC)-- Imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal has been transferred back to prison after he was taken to the intensive care unit at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, following a blackout from diabetic shock.... More


BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- China helped 10 countries evacuate 225 of their citizens in conflict-ridden Yemen on Thursday, including 176 from Pakistan, 29 from Ethiopia, five from Singapore, four from Poland, three from Italy, three from Germany, two from Britain, one from Canada, one from Ireland and one from Yemen, said a spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry on Friday.... More


KIEV, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Friday that residents of eastern Ukraine are suffering from a serious humanitarian disaster due to the impact of the conflict between governmental forces and pro-independence insurgents.... More


United Nations, April 3 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday appointed a panel to make recommendations to strengthen national and international systems to prevent and manage future health crisis.... More


Nairobi, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A candidate Ebola vaccine has demonstrated a high degree of efficacy, safety and could deal a final blow to the hemorrhagic fever that has killed some 10,000 people in West Africa.... More


Rome, April 3 (Xinhua-RHC) -- World food prices dropped again in March, the 11th time they dropped in the last year, with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) saying levels were likely to fall further despite an increase in dairy prices.... More


SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An Indian military trooper and a policeman were killed, while another trooper and a civilian were wounded Thursday in a fierce gunfight with militants in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.... More


San Francisco, April 3 (Xinhua-RHC) -- A U.S. firm has given thousands of people their first look into the colors red and green by tricking the brain with a pair of sunglasses.... More


Sports News Roundup April 03

Yokohama BayStars General Manager Shigeru Takada revealed on Thursday that the club has informed infielder Yulieski Gurriel's contract has been canceled.... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC) -- Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the People's Power National Assembly of Cuba, held talks with the visiting president of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), Elias Castillo.... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC) – The Cuban government has announced it wants all Cubans to be connected to the Internet by the year 2020.... More


Havana, Apr 3, (RHC), – Theodor Friedrich, representative in Cuba of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), stressed Cuba's efforts to boost agricultural production without degrading soils. ... More


Hanoi, Apr 3, (RHC), – Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, secretary general of the Cuban Workers Confederation (CTC), was received on Wednesday in Vietnam by the President of that South East Asian nation, Truong Tan Sang.... More


Havana, Apr 3, (RHC), – Over 1,500 academics and researchers will meet in Havana for the 15th Meeting of Geographers of Latin America at Havana’s Convention Center from April 6 to 9.... More


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