Jefferson City, January 9 (RHC) -- Governor Jay Nixon of the U.S. state of Missouri views the recent announcement of intentions to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba as having potential to create significant opportunities for his state's number one industry: agriculture.... More


Matanzas, January 9 (NNN-Prensa Latina) -- Cuban elections are an event for the people. That is why we are sure there will be a massive turnout on election day, said Rubén Pérez Rodríguez, vice president of the National Electoral Commission (NEC).... More


Sports News Roundup Jan. 09

On Thursday, the Cuban Embassy in Equatorial Guinea confirmed that Cuban doctors will be training health professionals at the African Cup of Nations, CAN 2015.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC) -– Following U.S. President Obama’s statement on December 17th, hotel searches to Cuba made by U.S. users on the Internet increased by 180 percent, according to hotel search website trivago.co.uk. ... More


Orlando, January 9 (RHC)-- The United States later this month is sending its highest level delegation to Cuba in decades for talks on migration and normalizing ties, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper on Thursday.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC) -– The Illinois-based Community College Board is organizing an academic exchange trip to Cuba in mid February with the participation of the presidents of the Black Hawk and Carl Sandburg colleges.... More


New Orleans, January 9 (RHC) -– Rice farmers from the southern U.S. state of Louisiana are lobbying in Washington for the lifting of trade restrictions on Cuba.... More


The traditional Saturday of Books in Old Havana’s Arms Square Ironwood Street will launch two books published by the Jose Marti Publishing House... More


Kabul, January 8 (RHC)-- A U.S. assassination drone strike has killed at least six people in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Three other people also sustained injuries in the latest drone attack in the province, a police spokesman for Nangarhar said on Thursday. The spokesman further said that the drone strike took place in the provincial Lal Pur district on Wednesday. ... More


Bogotá, January 8 (RHC-EFE) --Colombia's second-largest guerrilla group said Wednesday it will weigh whether to enter formal peace negotiations with the Colombian government and may lay down its weapons as part of that process.... More


Ankara, January 8 (RHC)-- Turkish Airlines has suspended all flights to Libya as the security situation worsens in the North African country. According to a company spokesman on Tuesday, Turkish Airlines suspended its flights to the restive Libyan city of Misrata, the only remaining destination in the country. ... More


Washington, January 8 (RHC)-- Malaria is killing more people than Ebola in West Africa where the fight against the recent outbreak has hampered efforts to contain the easily preventable malaria. ... More


Mexico City, January 8 (RHC-EFE) -- Authorities in Guerrero, the southern Mexican state where 43 students disappeared on Sept. 26, found six clandestine graves containing 10 bodies and 11 human heads, prosecutors said.... More


London, January 8 (RHC)-- Over 300 medical operations per day were canceled due to a critical shortage of beds in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK during the run-up to Christmas. ... More


Bogotá, January 8 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Colombian government passed a law allowing citizens to vote on whether to approve the terms of the peace negotiations, if an agreement to end the country’s 50-year conflict is reached between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is reached in time for the country’s October elections.... More


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