Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez concluded an intense European tour that took him to the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.... More
Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted the success of the 13th 'Health for All' International Trade Fair and the International Convention on Public Health 'CubaSalud 2015',which were officially closed Friday here in Havana.... More
Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- Health Ministers of more than 40 countries who attended the just concluded International Convention on Public Health CubaSalud 2015 coincided in highlighting Cuba's health achievements and voiced their interest in further expanding and strengthening health cooperation with the Caribbean island country.... More
Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Fernando González, is currently in Finland, where he met at the Parliament headquarters with a group of legislators led by the former President of the Finland-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group, Aino-Kaisa Pekonen.... More
Kathmandu, April 25 (RHC)-- A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale has hit an area near Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, causing extensive damage to buildings and leaving hundreds of people dead. The quake took place before noon local time on Saturday, with its epicenter registered 80 kilometers northwest of the capital. ... More
Quito, April 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa denounced efforts by the opposition in his country to copy the strategy of the opposition in Venezuela and try to destabilize his government and the country. ... More
Ramallah, April 25 (RHC)-- A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by Israeli border guards at a checkpoint in the occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli security forces killed the 16-year-old Palestinian boy on Friday night while he was walking towards the al-Zaim checkpoint with his family, claiming that he intended to stab an Israeli officer. ... More
Tegucigalpa, April 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Manuel Zelaya, the leftist president of Honduras ousted in a 2009 coup, said on Friday that his country is living under a “permanent coup” regime. The former president made the comment in response to a decision by the Honduran high court to modify the constitution and allow for the re-election of presidents. The move to eliminate term limits for the office of the president was promoted by members of the ruling National Party of the current president, Juan Orlando Hernandez. ... More
Dhaka, April 25 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers have staged a protest just outside of the capital Dhaka demanding justice for the victims of an apparel factory that collapsed two years ago. Protesters, including trade union members, relatives of the victims, and hundreds of survivors, gathered around the disaster site to commemorate the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy on Friday. ... More
Yerevan, April 25 (RHC)-- Armenia has held a memorial ceremony to mark the centenary of the massacre of a great number of Armenians during the World War I. Friday's event saw dignitaries and world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, gather at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. ... More
Niamey, April 25 (RHC)-- Niger's health minister says the death toll from the meningitis epidemic that broke out in the West African country in January has reached nearly 130. Mango Aghali said in a statement on Friday: "There are a total of 1,150 cases and unfortunately 129 deaths." ... More
Washington, April 25 (RHC)-- The Pentagon cannot account for $1.3 billion of an emergency funding which was directly routed to U.S. military officers in Afghanistan for critical reconstruction projects, an internal report reveals. ... More
United Nations, April 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the British government to take necessary measures against the tabloid newspapers that incite racial hatred. ... More
La Paz, April 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A group of Bolivian, European and U.S. scientists discovered at least 10,000 footprints of dinosaurs on Thursday, making the Andean country the owner of the largest paleontological areas in the world ever discovered. ... More
Santiago de Chile, April 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean environmental authorities announced on Thursday that they will file 10 new charges against Canadian mining company Barrick Gold for failing to follow environmental requirements at its Pascua Lama gold and silver mine. ... More
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