New York, February 29 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has abruptly halted a project to protect the New York City region from flooding due to rising seas and extreme weather, just weeks after President Trump mocked plans to build a sea wall to protect the city as “costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly.” ... More


Washington, February 29 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has voted 410 to 4 to make lynching a federal hate crime.  The Emmett Till Antilynching Act was named for the 14-year-old African-American boy whose killing 65 years ago remains one of the most horrific examples of racial terror in the Jim Crow South. ... More


Washington, February 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Federal officials have announced they’ve arrested five members of a far-right white nationalist group who were conspiring to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists around the United States. ... More


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Havana, February 28 (RHC)--  A group of First Nations leaders from Canada is in  Cuba for an exploratory visit of the national health system, intending to establish cooperation in this sector in the future.... More


Havana, 28 Feb (RHC)--  The president of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, reiterated on Friday the European Union's (EU) condemnation of the US blockade against Cuba.... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC)--The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held a cordial telephone conversation with the President and Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping.... More


Cambridge, February 28 (RHC)-- A new study by MIT -- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- has found no evidence of fraud in Bolivia’s 2019 election, despite allegations of serious irregularities by the Organization of American States (OAS), which led to the ousting of Evo Morales in a military coup.... More


Washington, February 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S., former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign team has admitted that then-Senator Biden was not arrested in South Africa during a congressional delegation trip in the 1970s, as Biden falsely claimed from the campaign trail at least three times this month.... More


Washington, February 28 (RHC)-- Immigrant rights groups in the United States are expressing outrage after the Donald Trump administration announced it’s creating a task force to strip the citizenship of naturalized Americans who were born abroad. ... More


Sacramento, February 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S., California Governor Gavin Newsom said that 33 people in his state have tested positive for coronavirus and that officials are monitoring 8,400 other people for possible exposure. ... More


Havana, (RHC) - Hanging on the powerful arm of Yosimar Cousin, Cuba gave today a coup of authority against Venezuela and defeated them 5-0 in their debut in the super round of the Pre-World Cup Under 23 years of baseball.... More


Havana, (RHC) - World Long Jump champion Juan Miguel Echevarria is one of the stars announced this Friday at the athletics meeting in Ulsteinvik (Norway), celebrating the 24th birthday of the European country's star, Karsten Warholm. ... More


A new application for mobile devices developed by the Cuban Health Network's digital portal, INFOMED, offers updated and reliable information about the disease caused by the new coronavirus COVID-19.... More


22nd Habano Festival winds up 

Havana, February 28 (RHC)--The 22nd Habano Festival is winding up Friday in Havana with the awarding of prizes to those who promote the quality and sale of these Premium cigars. ... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, together with Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, spoke this Thursday with students and professors of the Agrarian University of Mayabeque province.... More


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