The 12 teams that will participate later this year in the XXVII World Baseball Cup, youth category (U-18), were announced by the International Baseball Federation on Friday.... More
Havana, February 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro met with former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is currently visiting Cuba. The former UN chief is in Havana to meet with participants in the ongoing talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebel forces.... More
Washington, February 28 (RHC) -- Cuba and the United States have scheduled talks for next week on issues open to cooperation. Such topics include civil aviation and human trafficking, according to officials at the end of bilateral talks in Washington on Friday.... More
Washington, February 28 (RHC-PL) -- Former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba, Wayne Smith, said Friday that he hopes his country will stick to respectful dialogue with Cuba, and not go back to its past, hostile approach.... More
Brussels, February 28 (RHC) -- Cuba and the European Union will hold a third round of talks in Havana next week aimed at increasing trade, investment and political dialogue, an EU official told Reuters on Friday.... More
Havana, February 28 (RHC) -- A delegation of 75 top U.S. agriculture leaders organized by Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. arrive in Cuba this weekend on a trade mission to explore the potential for increased business between the two countries, the Star Tribune reported.... More
Geneva, February 28 (RHC)-- Political directors from Iran and the P5+1 group’s foreign ministries will hold a fresh round of talks about Tehran’s nuclear program in Montreux, Switzerland, on March 5th, according to the European Union. ... More
Montevideo, February 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Uruguayan President Jose “Pepe” Mujica will step down on Sunday after carrying out many important social-economic reforms during his term in office as the country’s head-of-state. Mujica is leaving office with a 65 percent approval rating, making him one of the world’s most popular presidents.... More
Athens, February 28 (RHC)-- The Greek prime minister says he will present a draft law to address the “humanitarian crisis” in the debt-ridden country. "This is our foremost duty toward a society that has been severely tried for five years," Alexis Tsipras said in reference to the bill which is due to be presented on Monday. ... More
Mexico City, February 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam stepped down from his post on Friday after being under fire for months over his handling of the investigation into the disappearance and apparent massacre of 43 students, a senior government official reported. ... More
Tel Aviv, February 28 (RHC)-- A former head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency has criticized the regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for antagonizing Washington over Iran’s nuclear program. “The person who has caused the greatest strategic damage to Israel on the Iranian issue is the prime minister,” said Meir Dagan in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth released on Friday. ... More
Mexico City, February 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto named Arely Gomez as his choice for the post of attorney general on Friday, in a move that raised eyebrows due to Gomez’s connection with media giant Televisa. ... More
Washington, February 28 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is sending two top diplomats to the annual gathering of the powerful pro-Israel group AIPAC. ... More
Quito, February 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador accepts more refugees than any other country in the region, as the South American country signed an agreement with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in February to provide greater protection to people with transitory status. ... More
London, February 28 (RHC)-- British Prime Minster David Cameron has vowed to utilize Britain’s full force to stop extremists from committing “appalling and heinous crimes”. At a news conference in Cardiff, Wales, on Friday, the British prime minister said: “When there are people anywhere in the world who commit appalling and heinous crimes against British citizens, we will do everything we can, with the police, with security services, with all that we have at our disposal, to find these people and put them out of action." ... More
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