Wellington, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Deadly stomach and breast cancers that are genetically inherited could be treated or even prevented with existing drugs identified by New Zealand cancer researchers.... More


Havana, March 20 (RHC) – Cuban President Raul Castro may visit Russia in 2015, the Cuban Ambassador to Russia Emilio Lozada Garcia told RIA Novosti this week.... More


Havana, March 20 (RHC) – Members of Cuban student organizations and youth movements are gathering in Havana to contribute, from their experience and reality, ideas and proposals to the Civil Society Forum that will take place in Panama April 8-10, during the 7th Summit of the Americas.... More


Havana, March 20 (RHC) – Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel is in Namibia to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Hage Geingob and to participate in celebrations for the 25th anniversary of that African country's national independence.... More


Havana, Mar 20, (RHC), – Experts with the World Health Organization (WHO) will arrive March 22 in Havana to consider the certification of Cuba as the first country in the world to have wiped out the transmission of Syphilis and HIV via mother to child.... More


Moscow, Mar 19, (RHC), -- The director of the Latin American Department at Russia´s Foreign Ministry, Alexander Schetinin confirmed that foreign minister Serguei Lavrov will take a Latin American tour March 24-26, which includes Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala and Nicaragua.... More


Washington, March 20 (RHC) – The Oscar Award-winning actor Sean Penn has strongly criticized the U.S. government for its economic blockade against Cuba.... More


Minsk, March 20 (BelTA-RHC) – Cuba is ready to enhance cooperation in pharmaceutics with Belarus, Cuban Ambassador to Belarus, Gerardo Suarez Alvarez, said in an interview with the Belaruskaya Dumka Magazine.... More


Renowned US musician and film producer, Robert Kraft, will teach a film music workshop at a young Cuban film and video maker’s event shortly... More


Sports News Roundup March 19

Isla de la Juventud eliminated Industriales in qualifying for the post season of the 54th Cuban Baseball Championship to overcome them this Wednesday by 6-5 in their own backyard.... More


Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- Peace activists have organized four days of anti-war events across the United States to protest Washington’s military intervention in other countries. The organizers have planned rallies, cultural programs and teach-ins to draw attention to U.S. military interventions.... More


Quito, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Ecuador announced Wednesday that it could act as an intermediary to resolve a diplomatic crisis between Venezuela and the United States. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricado Patiño explained that he hoped both countries could “reduce tensions” through mediated dialogue. ... More


Berlin, March 19 (RHC)-- Germany plans to send 500 soldiers to Lithuania for military training this year to underline its commitment to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) amid tensions with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.... More


Quito, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) A wide array of social movements, worker's organizations, and groups representing indigenous peoples in Ecuador have publicly come out against an opposition march planned for Thursday in Quito. ... More


Geneva, March 19 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the deteriorating health condition in Syria and Iraq due to lack of funds. “We have now reached a level in which we are very worried of the possibility that we could not continue to offer services and support due to the scarcity of funding,” The WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ala Alwan, said on Tuesday.... More


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