Tehran, April 18 (RHC)-- Iran is ahead of schedule on diluting its supply of nuclear material under an agreement with the United States and other world powers. ... More
Havana, April 18 (RHC) -- Cuban Vice President and Second Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, José Ramón Machado Ventura, held a meeting with the visiting head of the Guasu Front political party and former president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, on Thursday in Havana.... More
Boston, April 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, immigrants and their supporters from across New England blocked the entrance to a jail used to detain immigrants in Boston, protesting the Barack Obama administration’s record deportations, which have reached an estimated two million. Nineteen people were arrested while more than 150 others rallied to support them. ... More
Havana, April 18 (RHC) -- Cubans today are mourning the death of Nobel-winning Colombian author, Gabriel García Márquez, a great friend of this Caribbean nation and its leader Fidel Castro. García Marquez passed away on Thursday at the age of 87 in Mexico City.... More
Buenos Aires, April 18 (RHC) – An academic event on the life and work of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, will take place next week in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, local media reported.... More
Islamabad, April 18 (RHC) – Cuba has invited the Pakistani business community to explore trade opportunities in an upcoming international expo being held in Havana. The Pakistani business community has a chance to build bridges with participants from the seventy countries that are taking part in this mega event, said Ambassador of Cuba to Pakistan, Jesús Zenen Buergo Concepción.... More
Tokyo, April 18 (RHC) – Representatives of Japan and Cuba debated in Tokyo possibilities for mutual cooperation favoring business people of the two countries, Prensa Latina news agency reported on Thursday.... More
Mexico City, April 17, (AP), -- Nobel-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died at the age of 87, a source close to the family has confirmed.... More
London, April 17 (RHC)-- A public inquiry in the UK has heard that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians and committed other crimes during operations in southern Iraq in 2004.... More
Santiago de Chile, April 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The devastating forest fire in the Chilean port of Valparaiso was extinguished Wednesday after claiming at least 15 lives and leaving some 12,500 residents homeless in five days, the city's Fire Department said.... More
Washington, April 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly known of the massive new Internet bug "Heartbleed" for several years — and even adopted it for its own use. Bloomberg News reports the NSA was made aware of Heartbleed in early... More
Rio de Janiero, April 17 (Xinhua–RHC) -- On Wednesday, Brazil launched a nationwide campaign against the sexual exploitation of minors, as it readies to host millions of visitors coming for the 2014 World Cup of soccer.... More
Havana, April 17 (RHC) – Cuba on Wednesday published the full text of a newly approved foreign investment law that seeks to make it more attractive for foreign investors to do business in the country.... More
Havana, April 17 (RHC) -- Workers and executives of Radio Havana Cuba commemorated on Wednesday the announcement by Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro of the creation of this shortwave radio station on April 16, 1961.... More
Havana, April 17 (RHC) – Cuba has declared Good Friday an official national holiday, according to the new Labor Code, passed by the National Assembly of People's Power in December.... More
