Sports News Roundup Jan. 21

Solid pitching work of star Yosvani Torres allowed the current monarch Pinar del Río to resume its wins in the 54th Cuban Baseball Championship, by beating 3-1 to Matanzas.... More


San Jose, January 21 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Social movements from Central America will meet next week in a Latin American Unity summit, to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, one day ahead of the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States being held in the Costa Rican capital.... More


Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address last night, outlining his domestic and foreign policy agenda for his final two years in office. ... More


Georgetown, January 21 (RHC-GINA) -- President Donald Ramotar has been invited to become a special representative of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) by the organization's Secretary General, Dr. Ernesto Samper, who is on a visit to Guyana.... More


Baghdad, January 21 (RHC)-- Attacks on Shia neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed eight people and injured scores more. Police officials said on Tuesday that bomb explosions in two major Shia neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital had left eight people dead and dozens more wounded. ... More


Tegucigalpa, January 21 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The chikungunya virus is rearing its head again in Central America, with an increase in cases in Honduras as reported by the Honduran General Hospital on Tuesday.... More


Berlin, January 21 (RHC)-- A report in the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, based on documents from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, outlines how the United States is engaging in extensive preparations for an online "guerilla war." ... More


Paramaribo, January 21 (RHC-Caribbeannews) -- Sushma Swaraj, the Foreign Minister of India, will cement the elusive relationship between her country and Guyana and Suriname when she visits the Guyanas in March to pave the way for the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Guyana and Suriname.... More


London, January 21 (RHC)-- The Guardian has published a new report based on Edward Snowden documents that show the National Security Agency’s British counterpart, GCHQ, collected the e-mails of reporters as part of its bulk spying operations. ... More


Ilo, January 21 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru’s President Ollanta Humala attended on Tuesday a commemorating ceremony marking the first year of territorial incorporation to national maritime domain.... More


Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Montana, crews have been struggling to clean up an oil spill in the partially frozen Yellowstone River. ... More


Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- In the United States, potential Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush says he will attack likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as a candidate of “the past.” Bush made the remarks at a meeting with Republican lobbyists in Washington on Tuesday, a Republican donor who met with him told the Washington Examiner. ... More


Lima, January 21 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru and Ecuador have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labor cooperation aimed at fostering employment and friendship ties in both nations, announced Peru’s Labour Minister Fredy Otarola.... More


Paris, January 21 (RHC)-- France has announced a wave of "exceptional measures" to combat terrorism in the wake of the attacks earlier this month on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket. ... More


Santo Domingo, January 21 (RHC-PL) -- Dominican Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Maximo William Muñoz Delgado, said that since the beginning of the year, some 20,000 Haitians have attempted to cross the border.... More


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