Havana, Oct 8 (RHC) - Former Cuban pitcher Luis Tiant, one of baseball's legends, died Tuesday at the age of 83 due to complications with his deteriorating health.... More
Havana, Oct. 8 (AP) - Andres Iniesta, who scored the goal that won Spain the 2010 World Cup and was one of the key players in Barcelona's tiki-taka success, announced his retirement from soccer.... More
Havana, Oct. 8 (JIT) - Cubans Randol Izquierdo and Vicente Sanabria won second and third places, in that order, among 60 competitors in the 40-kilometer mountain bike (MTB) race organized by the Panamanian Cycling Federation (Fepaci).... More
Havana, Oct. 8 (JIT) - The Cuban men's and women's duos debuted victorious in the preliminary group stage of the under-23 phase of the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit 2024, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- In Gaza, another 25 Palestinians have been killed as Israel’s unrelenting war on the besieged Palestinian territory enters its second year. On Monday night, Israeli strikes in central Gaza hit houses in the Bureij refugee camp in the city of Deir al-Balah, killing five children and two women.... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- Israeli air attacks on the Bureij refugee camp have killed at least 17 Palestinians, including 5 children and 2 women, and wounded dozens more as the U.S.-backed Israeli genocidal war on the blockaded territory enters its second year. Israel's airstrike on two separate locations in the refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday night also injured 25 others.... More
Beirut, October 8 (RHC)-- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has fired a barrage of missiles at an Israeli settlement near the city of Haifa. In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah said it pounded the Krayot settlement north of Haifa at 12:30 pm local time and that the attack was carried out in response to the Israeli bombardment of cities, villages, and civilians in Lebanon.... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on northern and central Gaza as the besieged territory marks the grisly anniversary of the start of Israel’s war. At least 56 Palestinians were killed during strikes overnight on Monday and into Tuesday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, although the number of deaths reported by sources vary.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Across the Caribbean island of Cuba, people are paying tribute today to Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, on the 57th anniversary of his capture and subsequent assassination in Bolivia.... More
New York, October 8 (RHC)-- A Palestinian prisoners’ rights group says Israeli forces have abducted a total of 108 journalists during violent raids across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip ever since the regime’s onslaught on the besieged coastal territory started more than a year ago.... More
New York, October 8 (RHC)-- Figures by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) show the Israeli campaign of death and destruction across the besieged Palestinian territory has killed more journalists over the past year than any other conflict over the past three decades.... More
UN says thousands of women face life-threatening health risks in Gaza Strip... More
San Salvador, October 7 (RHC)-- Former combatants who carried arms for 12 years, commemorated the 44th anniversary of the unification of five guerrilla groups. This Sunday, founders, leaders and militants celebrated the 44th anniversary of the creation of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, also known as FMLN, which was transformed into a political party.... More
The first two Cuban prizes in the IV Special Olympics Latin American Games of Asuncion 2024, in Paraguay, came today in the powerlifting modality.... More
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 7 (PL) - Brazil won its sixth world futsal crown with a 2-1 victory over Argentina in the final of the Uzbekistan 2024 World Cup.... More
