Ukrainian ballet star, Vladimir Malakhov, said in Havana that the high level of dance in Cuba made him increase his artistic proposals for the country.... More


Cuban actress, Hilda Oates, died in Havana at the age of 89. 2004 National Theater Award Laureate, Oates had an intense work life in different Cuban theater companies and the island’s film industry... More


Researchers have created the first chemical compound that requires Einstein's theory of relativity to explain its behavior, thanks to the presence of a super-heavy element, according to Science magazine.... More


Sports News Roundup Sept 19

Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez contributed on Thursday with 1 of the 5 wins of St. Petersburg Russian chess team, to comfortably win the German SV Mülheim Nord team during the 5th day of the European Chess Club Cup currently based in the Spanish city of Bilbao.... More


London, September 19 (RHC)-- Voters in Scotland have opted not to form an independent country. With a record turnout of 84 percent, about 55 percent of voters chose to remain in the United Kingdom, while 45 percent backed independence. ... More


United Nations, September 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa "a threat to international peace and security" and announced plans for a new health mission. ... More


Santiago de Chile, September 19 (Telesur-RHC) --- Chile was greeted a day after its independence celebrations with the reassuring news on Thursday that three suspects were detained in association with the terrorist attacks last week in the capital, Santiago de Chile.... More


Freetown, September 19 (RHC)-- Sierra Leone has begun a three-day nationwide lockdown in an effort to contain Ebola. Residents have been told not to leave their homes from Friday to Sunday, as health workers go door to door to identify cases and educate people. ... More


Mexico City, September 19 (teleSUR-RHC) --- Farmworkers carried out a march in Mexico City to the Agrarian Superior Court, demanding that it appeal a decision by a farmer's cooperative assembly to modify the status of a vast extension of land, to be sold for the construction of the new US$9.2-billion airport announced by President Enrique Peña Nieto earlier this month.... More


Los Angeles, September 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is frustrated for being asked to train the ISIL terrorist group and at the very same time to combat it, a former CIA contractor says. Steven D. Kelley made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV from Anaheim, California. ... More


Washington, September 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed Congress for approving his plan to arm and train what he called 'moderate' opposition militants fighting against the Syrian government. ... More


La Paz, September 19 (teleSUR-RHC) --- The Minister of Productive Development Teresa Morales delivered a presentation on the achievements and challenges of the Bolivian industrialization process in which she announced that the government aims to invest US$1.2 billion dollars per year until 2025 towards industrialization projects.... More


Quito, September 19 (RHC) –- Fifteen left-wing Ecuadorian organizations on Thursday created a new alliance called 'Unidos' against the opponents of President Rafael Correa, after Wednesday's demonstrations organized by Ecuadorian conservative organizations.... More


Brussels, September 19 (RHC)-- The European Parliament has censured Israel over construction of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian lands. On Thursday, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) slammed Israel for the seizure of large swathes of Palestinian lands, and criticized the 28-member European Union's failure to intervene and stop West Bank land expropriation. ... More


United Nations, September 19 (teleSUR-RHC) -- A week before the United Nations is scheduled to hold a climate summit in New York, Central American countries decided to launch a regional project of education over climate change in their respective countries during a workshop hold in the frame of the U.N. project Learn About Climate Change.... More


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