San Juan, September 22 (RHC)-- In the Caribbean, the death toll from Hurricane Maria rose to 32 as the hurricane’s eye barreled toward the islands of Turks and Caicos as a Category 3 storm. ... More
Tripoli, September 22 (RHC)-- A ship full of asylum-seekers heading for Europe has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least eight people dead and nearly 90 others missing. Eight bodies were found and 35 migrants rescued on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an official in Zuwara. He reported that survivors had clung onto the sinking vessel for five days before it ran aground on the Libyan coast. ... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the UN to end Israel’s apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territories. “We are entrusted and you are entrusted to end apartheid in Palestine," said Abbas while addressing the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. ... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea is wrong, citing economic pressure and diplomacy as the only "appropriate" ways to resolve the conflict. “I am against such threats,” Merkel told the Deutsche Welle channel. “We consider any form of military solution as totally inappropriate and we insist on a diplomatic solution.... More
Mexico City, September 21 (RHC)-- In Mexico, the death toll from the massive, magnitude 7.1 earthquake has risen to 250 people, as rescue workers continue to search for missing people amid the rubble. ... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC-Granma)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, during the High-Level Signature Ceremony held on Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York.... More
Havana, September 21 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received in Havana the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Jean Alain Rodríguez. Through the Attorney General, Diez-Canel thanked the government and people of the neighboring country for their solidarity following the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.... More
United Nations, September 21 (RHC-Granma)-- The call for an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States was heard on the second day of the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly.... More
San Juan, September 21 (RHC)-- Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in almost 90 years, leaving at least nine people dead and causing widespread flooding.... More
Roseau, September 21 (RHC)-- Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, fears that at least 40 people have died on the island following the unprecedented devastation caused by a direct hit from category 5 Hurricane Maria.... More
New York, September 20 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has censured President Donald Trump’s leadership, accusing his administration of misunderstanding and misrepresenting the American values. In an op-ed published by The New York Times, Biden delivered a stinging rebuke of Trump’s recent actions concerning his response to the Charlottesville violence during a white supremacist rally, his decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and his administration’s view of foreign affairs. ... More
Barcelona, September 20 (RHC)-- Spanish police on Wednesday seized "nearly 10 million ballot papers" in Catalonia which were to be used for an independence referendum banned by Madrid, the interior ministry said. ... More
Mexico City, September 20 (RHC)-- In Mexico, a massive 7.1-magnitude quake struck 100 miles southeast of Mexico City Tuesday, collapsing dozens of buildings around the capital city and trapping schoolchildren, workers and residents beneath the rubble. ... More
San Juan, September 20 (RHC)-- In the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria struck the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico this morning as a major Category 4 storm -- the most powerful hurricane to make landfall there since 1928.... More
Washington, September 20 (RHC)-- The Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Commission held its sixth meeting on Tuesday in Washington D.C. Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, General Director of the U.S. Affairs Division of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the Cuban delegation, and John Creamer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the US Department of State, headed the U.S. delegation.... More
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