Algeria, December 24 (RHC)-- The President of the Palestinian Unity Government Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will regain its independence and put an end to the decades-old Israeli occupation. At a news conference at the Algerian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Abbas said: "We are determined to recover the rights of our people, including the right to return and the release of all the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. We will not succumb to the policy of the Israeli hegemony and oppression." ... More
St. Louis, December 24 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. state of Missouri have fatally shot an 18-year-old Black man just two miles from Ferguson, where an officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August. The latest victim has been identified as Antonio Martin. Police claim Martin had pulled a gun on an officer who was conducting a routine check on a gas station. ... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC-NNN) -- The United Nations and its international partners on Tuesday welcomed the designation of Florence Guillaume as Haiti’s interim Prime Minister.... More
Milwaukee, December 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, a prosecutor has decided not to bring charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill African-American man. ... More
Montevideo, December 24 (RHC-EFE) -- The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has passed the Audiovisual Communication Services Act, which was approved by the Senate last week and is aimed at preventing monopolies and oligopolies in the media.... More
New York, December 24 (RHC)-- Protesters slamming police brutality in the United States have defied calls to end demonstrations. On Tuesday, a national coalition of activists announced plans for a mass demo in New York on New Year's Eve. ... More
Quito, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Law for Labor Justice and Recognition of Work from Home has been approved with eight votes in favor and two against by the Commission of Workers Rights and Social Security in the Ecuadorean National Assembly. To be debated are 44 articles, 41 of which are reforms to the Labor Code, and three to the Social Security Law.... More
Caracas, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuela's state run food programs handed out more than 4.5 tons of produce in 2014, food minister Yvan Bello announced Tuesday. Bello explained the food was distributed at fair prices, as a way to fight back against the economic war against Venezuela.... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations has demanded justice for what it calls serious rights violations and possible "war crimes" carried out during recent fighting in Libya. According to a joint report released by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday, the ongoing fighting in Libya has killed hundreds of civilians and caused hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes. ... More
Washington, December 24 (RHC) -– A majority of U.S. citizens support opening diplomatic ties with Cuba, according to several recent polls -- the first conducted since President Barack Obama's change in policy was announced.... More
Havana, December 24 (RHC-ACN) -- Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin expressed his country´s willingness to increase collaboration in various fields and economic and commercial ties with Cuba.... More
Jefferson City, December 24 (RHC-AP) –- In the U.S. state of Missouri, agriculture officials are looking for ways to boost exports to Cuba following President Barack Obama's announcement that he plans to ease trade restrictions with the Caribbean island.... More
Hanoi, December 24 (RHC)-- Vietnam and Cuba have agreed to take measures to boost their defense cooperation to the next level of development in the future, for the sake of the two countries, armies, and peoples.... More
Moscow, December 24 (RHC-PL) -- President of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Guennadi Ziuganov, awarded medals to Russian internationalist veterans that were mobilized in Cuba during the missile crisis of October 1962.... More
Havana, December 24 (RHC-PL) -- Four people have been killed in a traffic accident in the Cuban province of Las Tunas, local media reported.... More
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