Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Donald Trump will nominate Fox News personality Pete Hegseth to become secretary of defense.  Hegseth co-anchors the morning talk show “Fox & Friends,” where Trump has been a frequent guest.  He previously led Concerned Veterans for America, a group backed by the far-right billionaire Koch brothers. ... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has nominated John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. ... More


Havana, November 14 (RHC)-- Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Aleksandr Kurenkov will hold high-level meetings on Thursday and tour historic sites in the capital as part of his agenda in Cuba.... More


Ain Yaaqoub, November 14 (RHC)-- Shredded clothing, dusty broken table legs, torn copies of the Quran, a red “I love you” teddy bear and a book on Aristotle amid piles of socks – these, among many other things, lie strewn amid the rubble in the northern Lebanese village of Ain Yaaqoub in Akkar following a deadly Israeli air raid.... More


Edinburgh, November 14 (RHC)-- In Scotland, climate activists are appearing in court this week in a bid to stop the development of the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea by the Norwegian company Equinor. ... More


United Nations, November 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations’s humanitarian aid chief told a meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) that “acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes” are being committed in Gaza where Israel’s military continues to bombard, besiege and prevent aid from reaching the civilian population.... More


Havana, November 13 (RHC) -- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel received on Wednesday the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Protection, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, Aleksander Kurenkov, at the Palace of the Revolution.... More


Taipei, Nov 13 (PL) Cuba and South Korea announced today starters for tomorrow's clash at the Tianmu Stadium, on the second day of the III Premier 12 baseball tournament, almost definitive in their aspirations to advance to the next phase.... More


Havana, Nov 13 (JIT) - Cuban Miguel Angel Lopez is leading the attacking department of the Japanese Volleyball League, while his team Osaka Blueton leads the standings with nine wins and only one setback.... More


Manchester, November 14 (RHC)-- A British peace activist has entered the third week of a hunger strike to protest the UK government’s complicity in the genocide taking place on Palestinians and the incursion into Lebanon.... More


Rome, November 13 (RHC)-- Seven asylum seekers have been sent back to Italy from Albania after a court in Rome refused a formal request to detain them in the Balkan nation, a setback for a contentious programme championed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.... More


Paris, November 13 (RHC)-- Several major French newspapers have decided to take legal action against social media giant X, accusing the platform of using their content without paying.... More


United Nations, November 13 (RHC)-- Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding to the huge numbers already displaced by conflict, according to a United Nations report.... More


Gaza City, November 13 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says its fighters have killed at least 20 Israeli soldiers in northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip in just two days, in retaliation for the occupying regime’s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory.... More


Geneva, November 13 (RHC)-- International rights groups say Israel has failed to meet a deadline set by the United States to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip or face unspecified restrictions on military assistance.... More


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