Abuja, May 15 (RHC)-- Nigeria has apparently ruled out talks of a prisoner swap with the Boko Haram to free the more than 260 schoolgirls held captive for over a month. A Nigerian minister had opened the door to freeing the girls in return for releasing the group’s prisoners. But on Wednesday, British Minister Mark Simmonds said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has precluded negotiations.... More
United Nations, May 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning South Sudan is on the brink of famine and genocide unless warring factions end their fighting. ... More
New York, May 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of fast-food workers staged a one-day strike today in least 150 cities across the United States and in more than 30 countries around the world. ... More
Baghdad, May 15 (RHC)-- Separate attacks targeting security forces have left 13 people dead in Iraq. Wednesday’s deadliest attack took place in the town of Adeim, 100 kilometers north of the capital Baghdad, after armed men in two cars opened fire on a police checkpoint, killing eight police officers and injuring three others.... More
Berlin, May 15 (RHC)-- A major German university has approved a proposal to give U.S. surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden an honorary doctorate. Members of the philosophy faculty of Germany’s Rostock University have voted to grant Snowden the title in recognition of the “outstanding academic achievement” he made by exposing surveillance practices in the digital age. ... More
Guatemala City, May 15 (RHC) – Cuban Justice Minister Maria Esther Reus said in Guatemala that her country’s anti-drug strategy combines prevention and counteractions, which have yielded positive results since 1988. ... More
Havana, May 15 (RHC) – In a positive advancement in relations between the two countries and peoples, U.S. and Cuban scientists have signed an agreement that furthers scientific and medical cooperation. ... More
Moscow, May 15 (RHC) – Russia’s Security Council and Cuba’s Commission for National Security and Defense have signed a memorandum of cooperation and agreed to establish a joint working group, the secretary of the Russian Security Council said Wednesday.... More
Geneva, May 15 (RHC) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing in Geneva its annual assembly to be chaired by Cuba, a country with high international recognition in the area of medicine.... More
Washington, May 15 (RHC) – U.S. President Barack Obama met at the White House with his Uruguayan counterpart, Jose Mujica, earlier thi week. During the meeting, the two heads of state spoke about the situation of prisoners at the Guantanamo Naval Base and on the anti-tobacco policy boosted in the South American nation.... More
Havana, May 15 (RHC) – Cuba marks International Day of Families on May 15th, which was set up in 1994 by the United Nations. ... More
Havana, May 15 (RHC) – A new edition of the International Underwater Photography Contest opened today in the Cayo Largo del Sur Key, in southwestern Cuba.... More
Cuban pianist and jazz musician, Ernán López-Nussa, won the Grand Prix at the 18th International Cubadisco Fair, Cuba’s top recording industry festival, for his album Sacrilegio, produced by the record label Colibrí.... More
The book Arroyo Blanco: Churchill’s Cuban route by International Relations expert and researcher, Lourdes María Méndez, was launched at the Fayad Jamis book store, dealing with an almost unknown event in Cuban history, involving the future British leader... More
Caracas, May 14 (RHC) – Venezuela’s opposition has announced its decision to suspend crisis negotiations with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.... More
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