Athens, October 8 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government has won a confidence vote, starting the clock for it to pass reform laws before an October 15th deadline. “The [government’s] four-year term will be the term that will lead the country out of the crisis and Greek economy will return to growth, despite the difficulties that lie ahead,” Tsipras said in a speech before the vote held early on Thursday.... More
Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- Police in Belgium have clashed with protesters in the capital, Brussels, where thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against government austerity measures. On Wednesday, police used tear gas and water cannons to break up crowds of protesters in the city.... More
Luxembourg, October 8 (RHC)-- European Union ministers are to discuss plans to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers during a meeting in Luxembourg. On Thursday, EU home affairs ministers are set to decide on measures aimed at containing an influx of refugees by deporting those who fail to gain asylum in EU states.... More
Columbia, October 8 (RHC)-- Flooding from historic rainfall in the U.S. states of North and South Carolina has killed more people as several dams failed to hold swelling waters. The death toll in the Carolinas rose to 19 when bodies of two railroad workers were found on Wednesday morning.... More
Washington, October 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for surviving crew members from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank off the Bahamas after being battered by Hurricane Joaquin over the weekend. ... More
Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- Members of the Asian, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) have called for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba. ... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez received Penny Pritzker, Commerce Secretary of the United States, who carried out a working visit to the island. Rodriguez and Pritzker exchanged views on issues of bilateral interest, following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on July 20th. ... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, received U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker at the end of her working visit to Cuba. ... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- The ministers of trade of Cuba and the United States, Rodrigo Malmierca and Penny Pritzker, expressed on Wednesday their interest in identifying ways that make it possible to boost bilateral exchanges, limited by the persistence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the island. ... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than 151,230 have been murdered in Mexico since December 2006, including thousands of Central American migrants making the dangerous trek through the country toward the United States, denounced the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican marines raided a small community in the northern state of Durango and opened fire at homes for no known reason, while two young males were forcibly disappeared, neighbors told Sinaloan newspaper RioDoce.... More
Bogotá, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Rumors are circulating that teams currently negotiating a final peace deal between the Colombian government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are strong contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded on Friday.... More
Managua, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nicaragua’s national police reported on Tuesday that one police officer had been killed and 31 people injured during violent clashes with protesting workers from the El Limón gold mine.... More
Brasilia, October 8 (RHC)-- Brazil's Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) has called on the country’s Congress to reject government accounts after ruling that President Dilma Rousseff did not adhere to the Constitution and other laws regarding public spending, according to Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.... More
Buenos Aires, October 8 (RHC)-- President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner headed the opening ceremony of the Dr. René Favaloro Hospital in the Buenos Aires province locality of La Matanza, the Buenos Aires Herald reported on Wednesday.... More
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