Havana, May 9 (RHC-PL) -- The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) today dedicates a staging of the classic Don Quixote to the main musical event of the island, 'Cubadisco', and Russia, as Guest of Honor of the 2015 edition.... More
Sanaa, May 9 (RHC)-- Saudi warplanes have targeted a school in the northwestern Yemeni province of Saada in the 44th day of the kingdom's aggression against the Yemeni people. According to local sources on Friday, the Saudi airstrikes pounded a school in al-Jamimah region of Saada. No report has yet been released on the casualties of the attack. ... More
Brasilia, May 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Threatened with being laid off, workers of Swedish Volvo car company started an indefinite strike on Friday in the Brazilian city of Curitiba. ... More
Kabul, May 9 (RHC)-- At least seven people have been killed in a U.S. assassination drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, near the country's border with Pakistan. ... More
Moscow, May 9 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says that China's government has agreed to invest billions of dollars in the Russian economy. Putin made the remarks after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Moscow on Friday. President Xi Jinping had arrived in Moscow for celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. ... More
Athens, May 9 (RHC)-- Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has expressed hope that his cash-strapped country will reach an agreement with the international creditors over its bailout program. Tsipras said in parliament on Friday that Greece's government "has proved that it's doing everything it can to reach an honest and mutually-beneficial deal with its creditors." The Greek premier also added that "there's no technical issue anymore for reaching this deal, there's only a matter of political will." ... More
Portland, May 9 (RHC)-- The footwear giant Nike has announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the United States if the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, or TPP, is approved. ... More
Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- The U.S. has begun training Syrian rebel fighters as part of a program aimed at confronting the self-proclaimed Islamic State. A group of around 90 rebels are training at a base in Jordan, to be followed by similar efforts in Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. ... More
Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal. The program was exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden; the ACLU filed its lawsuit based largely on Snowden’s revelations. ... More
Paris, May 9 (RHC)-- France has opened a formal judicial investigation into the reports that its army soldiers raped children during their peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). ... More
Tel Aviv, May 9 (RHC)-- Israel has approved the construction of 900 new illegal settler units in East Jerusalem, despite mounting international criticism of its expansionist policies. An Israeli activist group known as Peace Now said that the city's district planning committee has given the go-ahead for the new housing units to be built in Ramat Shlomo settlement. ... More
Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used its secret air force to gather intelligence during the recent anti-police protests in Baltimore, Maryland. ... More
Quito, May 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Ecuadorean government announced on Thursday it will mobilize 35,000 volunteers to plant more than 350,000 seeds in 150 locations across the country. The reforestation day is planned for May 16 and would break a World Guinness record. Up to date, there has yet to be an activity during which seeds are planted in this many different locations at the same time, according to director of the Latin-American branch of World Guinness Record Carlos Martinez. ... More
Mexico City, May 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ricardo Barroso Agramont, a governor candidate of the Mexican state of Baja California made a embarrassing “gaffe” about the funding of his campaign on Thursday. ... More
Brasilia, May 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Young Brazilians of African descent are 2.5 times more likely to be murdered than their white counterparts, according to a study released on Wednesday. The study found young African descendants are the “main victims” of violent crime nationwide. “The objective (of the study) was to assess the impact of racial inequality in youth vulnerability to violence,” said the Brasilia office of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ... More
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