Havana, August 16 (RHC)-- Members of the 'Bicicletazo' (cycling route) project finished the second phase of the route after 25 km ride on Friday. They are demanding the freedom of Cuban anti-terrorists still held in U.S. prisons.... More


Havana, August 16 (RHC)-- Cuba's Timbalaye Cultural Integrating Project is taking roots in Mexico and Italy with the creation of rumba schools, said project manager Ulises Mora.... More


The Vietnamese Theater Company Thang Long Water Marionettes is back in Havana for performances at the Cuban National Circus Carpa Trompoloco this weekend, Monday and Tuesday.... More


Washington, August 15 (RHC)-- A team of U.S. researchers tested a vaccine against the Chikunguña virus, which is currently posing a threat in several countries of the world.... More


Baghdad, August 15 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stepped down to make way for Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi, voicing support for his successor. In an address on state television on Thursday, Maliki said in the address that his decision to give up the position to Abadi shows his desire to “safeguard the high interests of the country.” ... More


Baghdad, Aug 15, (RHC), – Reports coming from the militancy-riddled northern Iraq suggest that the ISIS militants are selling captured female Izadi Kurds as sex slaves. ... More


St. Louis, August 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters have held demonstrations in more than 100 cities across the United States to honor the memory of a Black teenager shot dead by a white policeman in Missouri. ... More


Budapest, Aug 15, (RHC), – Hungary has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the sanctions the United States and the European Union have imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, saying the restrictions are harming the Europeans rather than the Russians.... More


Havana, August 15 (RHC), -– Five young foreign members of a symbolic initiative called 'Bicicletazo' (cycling route) dedicated to the Cuban anti-terrorists unfairly imprisoned in United States, departed from a Havana park using the slogan 'I want you free'. ... More


The Hague, August 15 (RHC)-- A French lawyer says there are still legal channels to prosecute Israel for its war crimes in Gaza at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Palestine’s initial case was rejected last week, Press TV reports.... More


Havana, August 15 (RHC) –- Cuba has asked United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to publish as official documents the denunciation against the most recent subversive U.S. actions against the island.... More


Havana, August 15 (RHC), -– In an effort to improve and maintain higher education quality with experienced teachers, the Cuban Council of Ministers agreed that retired professors may return to their classrooms with the same salaries they had as active workers plus their current pension.... More


Montevideo, August 15 (Mercopress-RHC) -- The presidential summit between the heads of state of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) which was scheduled for next week has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts amongst member countries, according to the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry. It will now be held in October.... More


Havana, August 15 (RHC), -– Cuba reported 5,000 car accidents in the first half of 2014, and although the number of accidents decreased by 109 compared to a similar period in 2013, experts said the decrease is insignificant and described the issue as an epidemic.... More


Brasilia, August 15 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The black box, recovered from the plane which crashed in Sao Paulo and killed Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, arrived in Brasilia on Thursday for inspection.... More


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