Canberra, May 12 (RHC) -- An exhibition of paintings by Cuban anti-terrorist Antonio Guerrero opened last Saturday in Sydney, as part of a new solidarity initiative of the Australian Association of Friendship with Cuba.... More


London, May 12 (RHC) – Cuban Botanist Luis Torres has won a Whitley Award for building a national movement to protect Cuba’s amazing plant life.... More


Mango Harvest Begins in Camagüey

Havana, May 12 (RHC) – Camagüey's mango harvest will begin during the second half of May. Some production centers, however, have already started the so-called trimming process to help the industry reach the 6,000 tons of fruit this year.... More


Ya son cerca de 500 los casos detectados en A. Saudita. No hay un tratamiento antiviral efectivo.

Ryad, 11 may (BBC).- Arabia Saudita lanzó este domingo su advertencia más severa hasta ahora sobre el posible vínculo entre los camellos y un virus que ha causado más de cien muertes en el país árabe.... More


Sport News Roundup May 10

Cuban female pole vaulter Yarisley Silva had a modest day and finished 2nd in the first leg of the Athletics Diamond League, held in Doha, Dakar, won by Greek athlete Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou.... More


Sport News Roundup May 9

Alfonso Urquiola was appointed as director of the Cuban baseball team, which is formed with local college athletes whose age does not exceed 25 years, for the bilateral top against the United States scheduled for July 23rd to 27th in Cuban territory. ... More


Quito, May 10 (RHC) – Ecuador has called for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to leave the country by the end of September.... More


Baghdad, May 10 (RHC)-- At least 16 people, including security forces, have been killed in a series of bomb blasts and shootings in northern Iraqi cities. Police officials said on Saturday that the deadliest attack took place in the town of Dujail, north of the capital, Baghdad, after a bomber hit his explosive-laden car at a checkpoint. Six security forces and a civilian were killed and 15 others injured.... More


Bogota, May 10 (RHC) -- The dialogue between the Colombian government and unemployed farmers resumed on Friday with the issue of refinancing loans and with the presence of observers from the United Nations.... More


Cairo, May 10 (RHC)-- Egypt's riot police have attacked protesters in the capital, Cairo, as well as in the cities of Alexandria and Giza, injuring a number of people and arresting nearly two dozen. Security forces also attacked supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, at Cairo’s al-Azhar University on Friday.... More


Lima, May 10 (RHC-ANDINA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has introduced proposals to move toward regional integration through more coordinated production among countries.... More


Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has advance a measure that would curb the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency. ... More


Montevideo, May 10 (RHC) – Uruguayan president Jose Mujica is travelling to the United States over the weekend and on Monday will be walking into the White House for a sixty minutes meeting with President Barack Obama. ... More


Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- Protesters have set up camp outside the Federal Communications Commission in Washington to protest new rules that would effectively abandon net neutrality, the concept of a free and open Internet. ... More


Gaza City, May 10 (RHC)-- Hundreds of farmers and fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip have taken to the streets to express solidarity with thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, Press TV reports.... More


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