Havana, July 18 (PL-RHC) -- The diversification of apiculture products is one of the issues to be debated in Havana by more than 100 delegates from the United States, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and other countries at the Fifth Cuban Congress on Apiculture.... More


Kingston, July 18 (PL-RHC) -- A Cuban delegation is taking part in the 20th Meeting of the International Seabed Authority, in session in Kingston, Jamaica to discuss several issues of common interest to member states of the body.... More


Sports News Roundup July 17

Brazil's Jorge Dervish, president of the Latin American Commission of Skydiving (Colpar), highlighted the competitive level of the XI Latin American Championship, opened in the Cuban beach resort of Varadero.... More


Brasilia, July 17 (RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday that the development bank to be set up by the emerging-market bloc of BRICS is not against the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... More


Buenos Aires, July 17 (PL-RHC) -- The Argentinian government has deplored a paid announcement on the vulture funds published by the Clarin and La Nación newspapers asserting that the country is undergoing a technical suspension of payments.... More


Havana, July 17 (RHC) -– Russia contributed one million dollars to the Havana-based office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for the recovery project underway in eastern Santiago de Cuba city after the damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy.... More


Brasilia, July 17 (RHC) -– Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected rumors about an agreement with Cuba to reopen the former Soviet electronic intelligence center of Lourdes, which was closed 13 years ago.... More


Famous US collector, Gilbert Brownstone, opened the exhibition My Love for Art dedicated to the Cuban Five at the José Martí Memorial in Havana’s Revolution Square ... More


The Citizens Room, located at Neue Vahr in the northern German city of Bremen, opened the exhibition Yo me muero como viví (I’ll die as I’ve lived), by Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five. ... More


Brasilia, July 16 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro is in Brasilia, leading the island's delegation to a meeting between leaders of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) and China.... More


Fortaleza, July 16 (Xinhua-RHC) -- BRICS, the emerging-market bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has announced plans to establish a $100 million development bank and a Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).... More


Caracas, July 16 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in Caracas on Tuesday that the decisions taken at a BRICS summit will change the course of the 21st century.... More


Gaza City, July 16 (RHC)-- Thirty percent of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli offensive against the blockaded Gaza Strip are women and children, according to a report. On Tuesday, the figure was announced according to a DPA count based on a list of names provided by Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra. ... More


Kabul, July 16 (RHC)-- The death toll from Tuesday’s massive bombing in Afghanistan has reached 89 people, all civilians. The blast hit a crowded market in the eastern province of Paktika. ... More


Washington, July 16 (RHC)-- As nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group continue in Vienna, two influential U.S. senators are calling for the imposition of more pressure on Tehran. The senators, Republican Lindsey Graham and Democratic Robert Menendez, urged other U.S. lawmakers to support demands that Iran accept at least two decades of tough international inspections of its nuclear program, before Congress would agree to ease sanctions. ... More


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