Havana, July 11 (RHC)-- The International Forum for the Peaceful Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) concluded on Wednesday issuing a final declaration calling for a negotiating process within the United Nations for the adoption of a binding legal instrument on cybersecurity.... More
New York, July 10 (RHC)-- In New York City, a Manhattan federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution when he blocks his critics on Twitter. ... More
Phoenix, July 10 (RHC)-- In the U.S., there are new accounts of mistreatment and sexual violence experienced by locked-up migrant children at a Yuma, Arizona, detention facility. In nearly 30 testimonies collected by Health and Human Services case managers, children complained of hunger, having to sleep on concrete floors or outside, and lack of access to basic sanitation. A 15-year-old girl said an officer groped her underneath her clothing during what was supposed to be a routine pat-down, and joked around with other agents during the ordeal.... More
Caracas, July 10 (RHC)-- International creditors holding Venezuelan debt pushed back on Juan Guaido’s restructuring plans Tuesday, adding to a series of ongoing national and international setbacks for the opposition lawmaker. Calling for a different “framework for talks and improved communications,” investors holding defaulted bonds seemed to have jumped off Guaido’s ship and now are instead hoping to fight a United States' executive order that would prevent asset seizures by investors, which would mean taking over the refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp.... More
Tehran, July 10 (RHC)-- Iran has awarded dozens of contracts worth $6.2 billion to domestic companies to have oil production increase by 280,000 barrels per day (bpd) as part of a plan entitled “The extra-output scheme.”... More
Havana, July 10 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has confirmed his country's support for the process of dialogue between the Venezuelan government and the opposition to guarantee political peace in the South American country.... More
Havana, July 10 (RHC)—The 10 standing committees of the Cuban Parliament are concluding on Wednesday debates prior to the 3rd regular session of the 9th Legislature.... More
Bridgetown, July 10 (RHC)-- Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has issued a statement, saying that her government was ready to host the Venezuelan dialogue efforts between the Venezuelan government and the opposition brokered by the government of Norway.... More
New York, July 10 (RHC)-- Billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein was charged in a Manhattan federal court with sex trafficking and conspiracy. He is accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking dozens of underage girls between 2002 and 2005 at his homes in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida, where he paid them hundreds of dollars to perform sex acts and help recruit other girls for him to abuse. Epstein has pleaded not guilty.... More
Guatemala City, July 10 (RHC)-- Two indigenous rights activists and land protectors have been murdered in eastern Guatemala. Isidro Pérez and Melecio Ramírez were attending a peaceful action organized by the peasants’ rights group CODECA, when 15 armed men stormed in and started shooting at the group.... More
Rome, July 10 (RHC)-- A German rescue ship has picked up 44 people, including babies and children, off the Libyan coast, after they were stranded at sea. The charity vessel, operated by Sea-Eye, recently transferred another 65 migrants to Malta after Italy refused to let the ship enter ts ports.... More
Tehran, July 10 (RHC)-- The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Iranian Armed Forces’ ground defenses have achieved notable progress, saying the country is today strong enough to defeat the enemies in any war on the ground against the Islamic Republic.... More
Tehran, July 10 (RHC)-- Britain’s seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be “unanswered”, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.... More
Havana, July 9 (RHC) The leader of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and the president of the island, Miguel Díaz-Canel, received Tuesday in Havana the vice president of Vietnam, Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.... More
Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Roberto Morales Ojeda, vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba has called for greater control on prescription drugs on the island to avoid shortages and crimes related to illegal marketing.... More
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