Lausanne, Switzerland, June 28 (PL) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has extended the list of participants under the neutral flag at the Paris 2024 Games to 22 Russians and 17 Belarusians.... More


Havana, Jun 28 (RHC) - Poland and Japan advance to the semifinals of the Nations League-2024 (VNL), played in the Polish city of Lodz.... More


Havana, Jun 28 (ACN) - Agustin Abril, director of sports organization and programming of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), said in Havana that the 60th edition of the National School Games (JEN) will be a sporting spectacle throughout Cuba.... More


Atlanta, June 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have squared off in the first debate of the 2024 United States presidential race, seeking to pull ahead in a match-up that has, so far, been in a dead heat.  But despite delivering the opening salvo in Thursday’s event, Biden struggled to articulate his points at several moments, appearing to fumble for his words.... More


Washington, June 28 (RHC)-- A senior U.S. Republican lawmaker has called on President Joe Biden's administration to shut down the so-called aid pier built off the coast of the Gaza Strip to be shut down, calling the structure ineffective, risky, and a waste of money.... More


Ramallah, June 28 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has arrested 28 Palestinians in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian rights group.... More


Ottawa, June 28 (RHC)-- In an unusual, strange and rare move, a Canadian university has filed a lawsuit against its own students seeking $1.5 million in damages for continuing its anti-war encampment.  A court document published by the University of Waterloo said administrators sought “damages in the amount of $1,500,000, including damages for trespass, damage to property, intimidation, and ejectment.”... More


Havana, June 28 (RHC) - Pinar del Río and Santiago de Cuba began with victories in the quarterfinal playoffs of the Cuban national baseball championship.... More


Havana, Cuba, June 28 (RHC) The restoration work of the Zaza del Medio railway station, in the Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, began today to return it to its former splendor.... More


Havana, June 28 (RHC) Cuban ambassador Andrés González reiterated to Duminda Hulangamuwa, president of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the invitation for the upcoming edition of the Havana International Fair.... More


Washington, June 28 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would prevent State Department officials from citing casualty figures from the Gaza Health Ministry as the Israeli regime's genocidal war on the besieged strip rages on.  The bill which was passed on Thursday now awaits Senate consideration.... More


Sanaa, June 28 (RHC)-- U.S. and British forces have carried out a series of airstrikes against Yemen's southwestern Ta’izz province as part of their bid to force the country to stop operations against Israel.   Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network, citing local sources, reported that three strikes hit the Mawaiah district on Thursday night, without providing further information.  There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.... More


Canberra, June 28 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will take a dip in the sea, get some proper rest and try much-missed food as “a free man,” his wife says, just days after the Australian landed home after striking a remarkable plea deal with U.S. prosecutors.... More


Oslo, June 28 (RHC)-- Norway’s largest pension fund has announced that it will no longer invest in US industrial group Caterpillar, citing concerns that the company’s equipment is used by Israel in its genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.  ... More


London, June 28 (RHC)--Hospital doctors in England have launched a new strike ahead of general elections expected to oust the failed Tory government.   The five-day strike over pay and conditions started on Thursday and would end two days before the July 4th general elections... More


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