Paris, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- France's highest court prevented the extradition of an Argentinian torturer, Mario Sandoval, Wednesday. ... More
United Nations, February 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations has urged international pledged donors to deliver on their promises of financial assistance to the Gaza Strip that was ravaged by Israel’s 50-day onslaught last summer. Speaking at the Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said pledged donors that participated in the Cairo conference on October 12, 2014, and promised USD 5.4 billion "have yet to fulfill the vast majority of their pledges." ... More
Lima, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- With continuing protests over labor rights and oil exploration, alongside corruption allegations, the Peruvian government of President Ollanta Humala reshuffled his cabinet Wednesday. ... More
Berlin, February 19 (RHC)-- Greece has formally asked the eurozone for a six-month extension of a loan agreement as it seeks to revise the terms of an international bailout. ... More
Buenos Aires, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- A march convened Wednesday marking one month since prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead is part of a political operation against the government, Argentinian prosecutor Graciela Camaño told teleSUR English. ... More
Freetown, February 19 (RHC)-- Healthcare workers in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone go door-to-door in a two-week search for Ebola patients in the western part of the country. After a rise in cases affiliated to unsafe burials and patients being hidden from authorities, health workers started their final search on Wednesday deep into remote parts of Port Loko district, the fourth most populous district in the country, which is located in the east of the capital, Freetown. ... More
La Paz, February 19 (RHC-EFE) -– Bolivia is planning a broad-based nuclear program that will help diversify the country’s energy matrix and also bring benefits to other areas including the health sector and agro-industry, the government said Wednesday.... More
Berlin, February 19 (RHC)-- Germany is witnessing yet another round of strikes by train drivers as talks over a long-running wage dispute derail. The German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) announced nationwide strikes on Wednesday after talks with rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) failed to bear any results, Deutsche Welle reported. ... More
Bogotá, February 19 (RHC-Efe) – The Colombian Anti-drug Police seized 3.2 tons of cocaine in the Caribbean port city of Cartagéna, from where the drug was to have been shipped to Veracruz, Mexico, the department announced Wednesday.... More
Granma appears today just 1 game from the top of the 54th Cuban Baseball Championship, with its victory on Wednesday over Holguin and the 2nd straight loss of current leader Matanzas to Ciego de Avila.... More
San Francisco, February 19 (RHC)-- Apple Inc. has removed Cuba from its restricted country list for foreign trade, reflecting the fact that some of its hardware and software are now legally eligible to be exported to the Caribbean country, according to an AppleInsider news report on Wednesday.... More
Havana, February 19 (RHC-ACN)-- The documentary Chávez y Fidel para siempre (Chavez and Fidel Forever) by Roberto Chile and Fabiola López will have its premiere on February 21st at the La Cabaña Fortress, one of the venues of the International Book Fair 2015 in Havana.... More
Geneva, February 19 (RHC)-- Cuban Health First Deputy Minister Dr. José Ángel Portal stated that Cuba's rapid response to the World Health Organization's appeal to fight the Ebola outbreak is part of the solidarity history the country has maintained for more than five decades.... More
Geneva, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Cuban authorities reported on national television Wednesday that their operation to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone was having success. ... More
Athens, February 18 (RHC)-- Greece plans to request an extension on its current loan agreement with international creditors without the other conditions of a full-blown bailout, a source in Brussels says. According to the source in the de facto EU capital on Tuesday, Greece will seek up to a six-month extension on Wednesday, the conditions of which are currently under negotiation. ... More
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