San José, May 16 (RHC) -- Costa Rica's new president said Thursday that the United States government still has not explained why it operated the secret "Cuban Twitter" network from inside his Central American nation.... More
Havana, May 16 (RHC) -- More than 400 law experts from over 20 countries will gather for the 7th International Meeting on Justice and Law, to be held at Havana's Convention Center from May 21st to the 23rd.... More
Mérida, 16 May. (Notimex).- En la ciudad mexicana de Mèrida se levanta el Gran Museo del Mundo Maya (GMMM), un espacio que lleva a la reflexión sobre la relevancia de una cultura que se mantiene viva y es actual.... More
Five Cuban boxers are competing at the Serik Konabayev Boxing Tournament, underway from May 12th to the 18th in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, Cuba's sports media reports.... More
Havana, May 15 (RHC) – The chances for a "stable and lasting peace" have never been better, Colombian rebels said before the latest session of peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday.... More
Caracas, May 15 (RHC) – Venezuela’s riot police forces clashed with protesters following their attack against the Tourism Ministry building in Caracas.... More
Istanbul, May 15 (RHC)-- Anger is boiling in Turkey over the government's handling of a deadly coal mine explosion in the country's western city of Soma. Tensions were high as a large number of relatives and miners gathered outside the mine’s entrance on Wednesday. ... More
Abuja, May 15 (RHC)-- Nigeria has apparently ruled out talks of a prisoner swap with the Boko Haram to free the more than 260 schoolgirls held captive for over a month. A Nigerian minister had opened the door to freeing the girls in return for releasing the group’s prisoners. But on Wednesday, British Minister Mark Simmonds said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has precluded negotiations.... More
United Nations, May 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning South Sudan is on the brink of famine and genocide unless warring factions end their fighting. ... More
New York, May 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of fast-food workers staged a one-day strike today in least 150 cities across the United States and in more than 30 countries around the world. ... More
Baghdad, May 15 (RHC)-- Separate attacks targeting security forces have left 13 people dead in Iraq. Wednesday’s deadliest attack took place in the town of Adeim, 100 kilometers north of the capital Baghdad, after armed men in two cars opened fire on a police checkpoint, killing eight police officers and injuring three others.... More
Berlin, May 15 (RHC)-- A major German university has approved a proposal to give U.S. surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden an honorary doctorate. Members of the philosophy faculty of Germany’s Rostock University have voted to grant Snowden the title in recognition of the “outstanding academic achievement” he made by exposing surveillance practices in the digital age. ... More
Guatemala City, May 15 (RHC) – Cuban Justice Minister Maria Esther Reus said in Guatemala that her country’s anti-drug strategy combines prevention and counteractions, which have yielded positive results since 1988. ... More
Havana, May 15 (RHC) – In a positive advancement in relations between the two countries and peoples, U.S. and Cuban scientists have signed an agreement that furthers scientific and medical cooperation. ... More
Moscow, May 15 (RHC) – Russia’s Security Council and Cuba’s Commission for National Security and Defense have signed a memorandum of cooperation and agreed to establish a joint working group, the secretary of the Russian Security Council said Wednesday.... More
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