Havana, May 23 (RHC) - The Cuban men's volleyball team faces this Thursday its executioner of recent years, Germany, in its second outing in the first week of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), in Rio of Janeiro.... More


Ramallah, May 23 (RHC)-- The death toll from an Israeli assault on the city of Jenin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank has climbed to 11.  The Palestinian health ministry in the city of Ramallah reported the fatalities on Wednesday, the second day of the raid.... More


Tehran, May 23 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands have marched in Iran for the final day of funeral rites for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week.  Raisi, 63, died on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration.... More


Havana, May 23 (RHC) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, highlighted the delivery to Cuba by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of the First Class Order Zayed II, in recognition of the island’s presidency in the G77 and China.... More


Havana, May 23 (RHC) The governor of Havana, Yanet Hernández Pérez, this Wednesday received the governor of the Chinese province of Hebei Wang Zhengpu.... More


Abu Dhabi, May 23 (PL).- The Cuban judoka Idalys Ortiz, 12-time Olympic and world medalist, fell this Thursday in the round of 16 against the Turkish Kayra Ozdemir at the Abu Dhabi World Championships, which closed the individual competitions.... More


Guantánamo, Cuba, May 23 (JIT).- The Santiago de Cuba team advanced with five wins on the opening day of the 61st Playa Girón 2024 National Boxing Tournament, based in the Rafael Castiello multipurpose hall, in this city.... More


Rafah, May 23 (RHC)-- Heavy fighting has raged around Gaza's far southern city near the border with Egypt, the last part of Gaza to face a ground invasion, where an AFP team reported more air and artillery strikes in the early morning hours.... More


Ramallah, May 23 (RHC)-- Arab counties have praised the decision by three European Union nations to formally recognize a Palestinian state.  ... More


New York, May 23 (RHC)-- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a statement in support of South Africa’s urgent request to the International Court of Justice to order Israel to facilitate unimpeded media access to Gaza.... More


Gaza City, May 23 (RHC)-- The Gaza Health Ministry says Israel has killed at least 62 Palestinians in the besieged territory in 24 hours.  The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday the latest toll brings the total number of deaths to 35,709 since Israel launched the genocide in Gaza in October 2023.... More


Guatemala City, May 23 (RHC)-- The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, assured on Tuesday in a press conference at the facilities of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) that the country faces a "complicated situation" with 75 active outbreaks of forest fires, the majority in the north of the Central American country.... More


Santa Cruz, May 23 (RHC)-- Academic workers at the University of California at Santa Cruz have begun a strike to protest the crackdown on peaceful student protesters.  The strike comes days after the UAW local, which represents 48,000 workers in the UC system, voted to authorize a system-wide strike.... More


Havana, May 22 (RHC) The Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (RIDH) urged the United States to lift the blockade of Cuba, and to exclude it from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.... More


Havana, May 22 (RHC) Authorities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Cuba announced that the period of postnatal licenses will be extended until the minor is 15 months old, starting with the next entry into force of modifications to the regulations that regulate the topic.... More


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