Havana, November 29 (RHC) The U.S. Semester at Sea academic program is paying is second visit to Havana on Saturday for a second occasion since the trips resumed in December 2013 after nine years of absence from the Cuban capital as a result of travel restrictions imposed by the former George W. Bush administration.... More
Gaza City, November 29 (RHC)-- A United Nations agency has declared a state of emergency in the besieged Gaza Strip after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a statement that hundreds of residents in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City had been evacuated due to the rise of a "storm water lagoon" in the area.... More
Washington, November 29 (RHC)-- The American Psychological Association is launching a review to determine whether it colluded with torture carried out by the U.S. government. ... More
Washington, November 29 (RHC)-- A new report reveals the U.S. Justice Department is sweeping up data from vast swaths of the population by flying planes equipped with devices that mimic cellphone towers.... More
New York, November 29 (RHC)-- A recent study shows a record 2.5 million children, nearly one child in every 30, were homeless across the United States in 2013. The report issued by the National Center on Family Homelessness showed an eight percent increase in homeless children compared to 2012.... More
New York, November 29 (RHC)-- A study released in the U.S. by the National Women’s Law Center and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says more attention needs to be paid to specific bias against Black females. ... More
Tel Aviv, November 29 (RHC)-- Over 100 former high-ranking Israeli military and security officials and spy chiefs have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace with the Palestinians.... More
Washington, November 29 (RHC)-- The FBI has announced that gun sales increased in the United States during one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Black Friday. FBI spokesman Stephen Fischer said the federal background check system is expected to set a record of over 144,000 background checks on Friday. He added that 600 FBI and contract call center employees would complete the reviews in three business days.... More
The US-Cuba Artist Exchange project is coordinating several actions in the area of culture, including different art forms... More
Havana, November 28 (RHC) The Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine in Havana confirms that it will train more than a dozen doctors and specialists from across the country in a course on techniques, behaviors and procedures to address and treat the Ebola virus.... More
Kabul, November 28 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have been killed after unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the U.S. military carried out two separate assassination strikes across violence-plagued Afghanistan, according to reports from Kabul. ... More
Quito, November 27 (NNN-RHC)-- Ecuador's successful efforts to decrease poverty and narrow the income gap since 2006 has won recognition by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).... More
San Jose, November 26 (PL-RHC)-- Five women are victims of rape or attempted rape every day in Costa Rica, the Judicial Planning Office's Statistics Department reported from San Jose.... More
St. Louis, November 28 (RHC)-- U.S. police have launched another crackdown on protests triggered by a grand jury's failure to indict a white police officer in the killing of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, arresting scores of demonstrators. ... More
Cleveland, November 28 (RHC)-- Meanwhile, the family of a 12-year-old Black boy shot and killed by a white police officer in the U.S. state of Ohio says surveillance video of the incident shows that if the officer had not acted so rapidly, their son would still be alive. ... More
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