Cairo, May 28 (RHC)-- Egypt's electoral commission says about 37 percent of the country's eligible voters have cast ballots in two days of presidential election. According to electoral commission chief Abdel Aziz Salman, the turnout by the end of the second day on Tuesday stood at about 37 percent of the 53 million electorate.... More
Moscow, May 28 (PL-RHC) -- Important mutually-beneficial agreements are expected to be signed during the state visit to Russia this week by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua, according to a diplomatic source.... More
Caracas, May 28 (PL-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appointed Luis Motta and Nicia Maldonado as state Ministers of the Strategic Integral Development Regions (REDI) Central and Guayana, respectively.... More
Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has announced the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan will continue until the end of 2016. On Tuesday, Obama said that the United States will maintain nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after its formal combat mission concludes at the end of this year. The United States will eventually withdraw troops until only a small residual force remains after 2016.... More
Santa Barbara, May 28 (RHC)-- Thousands of people gathered at the University of California-Santa Barbara yesterday during a day of mourning for the victims of last Friday’s shooting and stabbing rampage. ... More
Winston-Salem, May 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, African-American author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local official.... More
Havana, May 28 (RHC) -– The President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thomas Donohue is paying a visit to Cuba, which included talks on Tuesday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and with Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca... More
Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Cuba will take part in the Cuba's Track Cycling Cup from today Wednesday to Saturday in Havana. ... More
Hanoi, May 28 (RHC) -– The First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League Yuniasky Crespo is in Vietnam to participate in the General Congress of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.... More
Havana, May 28 (RHC) –- Latin America is now exposed to a new disease known as Chikungunya virus, as many countries of the region are reporting cases of the virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, said doctor Lilia Ortega, head of the intensive care unit at Havana’s Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute.... More
Havana, May 28 (RHC) –- Media professionals from over 20 countries are attending the 9th Ibero-American Encounter on Gender and Communication underway in Havana until May 30th.... More
Seoul, May 28 (RHC) –- In line with the current Cuban government efforts to attract more overseas financing, the island’s deputy trade minister recently arrived in the South Korean capital, Seoul to attend an investment fair.... More
Dubai, May 28 (RHC) -– The United Arab Emirates has signed an ‘open skies’ agreement with Cuba, media outlets in Dubai report.... More
Renowned Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta, will retire from classical dance with a new production of Carmen which the Royal Ballet is set to premiere in September, 2015.... More
Bogotá, May 26 (RHC) – President Juan Manuel Santos and ultra-conservative Oscar Zuluaga will compete in a run-off vote following Colombia's presidential election Sunday, with peace talks with FARC rebels in Havana as the central issue.... More
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