Havana, October 25 (RHC-acn) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) praised on Friday in Havana, the Cuban Program "Educa a tu Hijo" (Educate your Child) for contributing to the comprehensive development of children and adolescents.... More


Havana, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Cuba is opening new air routes to boost tourism in the coming November-April peak season, local media reported Friday.... More


Havana, October 25 (RHC-acn) -- U.S. directors with the Florida Aquarium paid a working visit this week to Cuba to consider joint efforts with the island´s National Aquarium in the research on coral reefs.... More


Santiago, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Chile will apply the anti-terror law in the case of a young man who was killed by a homemade explosive blast last month, local media reported Friday.... More


Caracas, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday nominated Carmen Melendez as Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, and Vladimir Padrino Lopez as the Minister of the country's Defense Ministry. ... More


Geneva, October 25 (RHC-BBC) -- Two Ebola vaccine candidates might be ready for testing in hard-hit West African countries in December, a month earlier than previously predicted. And one vaccine manufacturer has said it may have millions of doses available by April, should studies prove that it's safe and effective, a much more optimistic scenario than outlined until now.... More


Washington, October 25 (RHC-NNN) -- A former commander of Colombia's leftist FARC rebels was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Friday for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens held captive for five years, the U.S. Justice Department said.... More


Cuban Television has presented renowned Cuban TV director, Julio Pulido, with the National TV Award honoring the island’s Television’s 64th birthday... More


Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The governor of the violence-torn state of Guerrero in southern Mexico has announced his resignation in the wake of a scandal involving 43 students who are still missing.... More


Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- The Pentagon says it is investigating evidence an airdrop of arms intended for Kurdish fighters has ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants. ... More


Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Supporters of Brazil's two rival presidential candidates clashed in downtown Sao Paulo Thursday, as the race heats up ahead of Sunday's election runoff.... More


Rio de Janeiro, October 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- In the fourth poll in a row, incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled ahead to be the favorite to win Sunday's runoff.... More


New York, October 24 (RHC)-- New York City has reported its first case of Ebola. Dr. Craig Spencer tested positive after returning last week from Guinea where he was treating Ebola patients with Doctors Without Borders. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Spencer is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. ... More


Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazilian presidential candidates have had to face up to the country's economic slowdown during their campaigns ahead of the run-off on Sunday.... More


Damascus, October 24 (RHC)-- The Syrian army has flushed out Takfiri militants from a strategic town nine months after it was seized by the terrorists. Reports on Thursday said that Syrian ground forces backed by airstrikes liberated the town of Morek from the mercenaries belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. ... More


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