Monrovia, January 6 (RHC)-- The Liberian government is set to reopen schools in February, six months after they were shut due to an Ebola outbreak in the West African country. "We ask all schools to take the necessary measures for the reopening of schools next semester, which is February," the Education ministry said in a statement on Monday. ... More


London, January 6 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Over three million households across the United Kingdom are struggling to keep up with the cost of housing, according to new research published Monday.... More


Beijing, January 6 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Twenty foreign ministers from members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will attend the first ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC forum in Beijing this week, a Chinese foreign ministry official says.... More


Havana, January 6 (RHC) – Cuba has implemented a National Ebola Prevention Program against the introduction and spread of that virus in the country, which involves the training of over 384 persons, according to Granma newspaper.... More


Sports News Roundup Jan. 06

Matanzas leads more comfortably now the standings of LIV Cuban Baseball Championships, which took place 2 draws after the first 2 days of the 2nd phase.... More


Washington, January 6 (RHC) -– U.S. officials acknowledged the prestige of Cuba in the fight against drug trafficking and expressed the need to expand cooperation accords between Washington and Havana, according to the Washington Post. ... More


Cairo, January 6 (RHC) -– Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressed his best wishes and congratulations to the Cuban people and his willingness to support the expansion of bilateral relations with the island.... More


Havana, January 6 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Cuba's State Council convened about eight million voters for partial elections in April to choose the delegates for a two-and-a-half-year-term to the 168 municipal assemblies of the People's Power, the daily Granma newspaper reported Monday.... More


Havana, January 6 (RHC)-- New figures show U.S. exports to Cuba probably hit one of their lowest points in a decade last year, an indication of the barriers to increased trade despite U.S. President Barack Obama's intentions to expand ties, according to the Associated Press.... More


Quito, January 6 (RHC) -– A new Ecuadorian construction brigade has headed for Cuba to support housing projects underway in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.... More


Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- An assortment of agricultural groups on Thursday will announce the launching of a new coalition to support advanced agricultural trade to Cuba, according to the office of Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D, published by Rusty Halvorson at American Ag Radio Network.... More


Havana, January 6 (RHC)-- Nearly three weeks after President Obama announced that the U.S. will begin to soften a half-century-long freeze in diplomatic relations with Cuba, Peter Kornbluh, the co-author of “Back Channel to Cuba” and the director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., spoke to “Power Players” for the ABC news during a recent trip to Havana and said that tourism will be the most immediate and obvious change.... More


Mexico City, January 6 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Attorney General's Office (GJ) for Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz said Monday that local police officers have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a newsman.... More


140 Injured in Brazil Train Crash

Rio de Janeiro, January 6 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Two trains smashed into one another late Monday night outside the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, although no serious injuries have been reported.... More


The 19th Scientific Workshop of Social African American Anthropology and the 8th Storytellers Encounter Afropalabra Festival got underway in the Cuban capital... More


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