Santiago de Chile, February 20 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Chilean Education Minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre Thursday said the country's government will uphold its pledge to provide free higher education starting in 2016.... More
Tripoli, February 20 (RHC)-- At least 30 people have been killed and dozens others injured in triple bomb explosions that struck Libya's eastern port city of Derna. The simultaneous attacks on Friday targeted the police headquarters in ISIL terrorist group's stronghold al-Qoba, located 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Derna. The ISIL has reportedly been winning a foothold in Libya, far from its battlefields in Iraq and Syria. ... More
Washington, February 20 (RHC)-- The United States has escalated military operations in Afghanistan despite a formal end to its combat mission in December. According to The New York Times, American Special Operations forces have carried out a "significant increase" in night raids over the past several months. ... More
Quito, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño hosted the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) Thursday to discuss a mutual interest in cooperating in order to improve the lives of Latin Americans. ... More
New York, February 20 (RHC)-- The United States' policy of war and sanctions against Iraq destabilized its civil society and provoked the sectarian divisions which led to the creation of the ISIL terrorist group, according to American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky. ... More
London, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) –- The British newspaper The Guardian published Thursday a statement by 70 British figures condemning the thwarted coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. ... More
Grand Junction, February 20 (RHC)-- A man in the U.S. state of Colorado is facing a felony menacing charge after two sheriff's deputies say he pointed a banana at them and they thought it was a gun. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 27-year-old Nathan Rolf Channing was arrested and taken into custody. ... More
La Paz, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales has a 76 percent approval rating amongst Bolivians, according to an IPSOS survey released Wednesday. ... More
Washington, February 20 (RHC)-- A new study finds more than 80 percent of the world’s known coal reserves and about half of gas reserves must remain unburned in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. ... More
New Delhi, February 20 (RHC)-- Swine flu (H1N1) has claimed 12 more lives in India's Gujarat, raising the death toll in the country to 485 since the beginning of this year. The death toll in Gujarat has reached 136 since January while the number of reported cases has touched 1,522, a government statement said as the western Indian state administration held an emergency meeting to review the situation. ... More
Mexico City, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Students from the Ayotzinapa teachers training college clashed with military police Thursday, as Mexico marked the 102nd anniversary of its military.... More
Caracas, February 20 (RHC-EFE) – On Thursday, Venezuela inaugurated a new mechanism that allows citizens to buy dollars in cash at market-determined rates for the first time since 2003.... More
Bogotá, February 20 (RHC-EFE) -– Colombian police said Thursday that they arrested a U.S. citizen on charges of aiding the FARC, the Andean nation’s largest guerrilla group.... More
Sydney, February 20 (RHC)-- Two severe cyclones have swept into Australia, ripping apart houses, uprooting trees and knocking out electricity to thousands of people. Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a top-rating category five storm, hit the Queensland coast between St Lawrence and Yeppoon on Thursday. ... More
Current champion Pinar del Rio returns to the qualifying zone of the Cuban Baseball Series this season after defeating Artemisa by a score of 1-0 on Thursday and tied in fourth place with Isla de La Juventud and Ciego de Avila. ... More
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