New York, December 7 (RHC)-- Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in the United States last year.  The Wall Street-backed ride hailing app has repeatedly been criticized for not taking passenger safety seriously, and for ignoring reports of rape and sexual assault by its drivers. ... More


Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.  (Photo: Press TV)

Beijing, December 7 (RHC)-- China has called on the United States to stop its so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran and making threats of deploying additional troops to the Middle East, saying Washington should find a diplomatic solution to reduce tensions in the region.... More


French police and gendarmes stand in tear gas during a rally against the pension overhauls in Paris.  (Photo: AFP)

Paris, December 7 (RHC)-- A nationwide general strike continued to paralyze France in protests over planned pension reforms by the government, causing chaos across the country.... More


Havana, December 7 (RHC)— Cubans are commemorating Saturday the 30th anniversary of Operation Tribute. It was the name given to the transferring back to the national territory of the mortal remains of Cubans fallen in internationalist missions in African countries.... More


Roosevelt Skerrit

Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, winner of Dominica's general elections.... More


Havana, December 7 (RHC)--  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received on Friday the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, Mrs. Audrey Azoulauy, who is on an official visit to the island.... More


The new charter flight will link Fort Myers with Havana. (Photo taken from www.news-press.com).

Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- Despite the growing restrictions imposed by the US government against Cuba, charter flights have begun from Fort Myers, in Florida, to Havana. ... More


Roseau, December 7 (RHC)-- Dominica's ruling Labor Party (DLP) won a landslide victory on Friday, winning 18 out of the 21 constituencies that were up for grabs in the general elections.... More


Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- The Pentagon is considering sending thousands more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran. ... More


Police during a demonstration against French government's pensions reform plans in Paris.  (Photo: Reuters)

Paris, December 6 (RHC)-- Police fired tear gas at protesters in the center of Paris on Thursday and public transport ground to a near halt in one of the biggest strikes in France for decades, aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned reform of pensions.... More


Israelis arrest two crew members of a Palestinian TV station in Jerusalem.  (Photo: Press TV)

Jerusalem, December 6 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have arrested four staff members of a Palestinian TV channel in Jerusalem al-Quds in a move condemned by the Palestinian Presidency.... More


The Mexican president shuns the luxurious ways of wealthy elites and drives his modest white Volkswagen Jetta.  (Photo: AFP)

Mexico City, December 6 (RHC)-- Mexico’s government has announced an auction of 600 lots consisting in more than 4,000 seized jewels, vehicles and residences,​ officials said, as part of a “Robin Hood” program to use millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains to aid the poor.... More


Dallas, December 6 (RHC)-- A shocking video obtained by ProPublica shows the last hours of the life of 16-year-old indigenous Guatemalan asylum seeker Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez.  He was found dead by his cellmate in a Texas Border Patrol holding cell in May. ... More


United Nations, December 6 (RHC)-- More than 140,000 people around the world died from measles last year, amid a surge in the number of cases of the preventable disease partially caused by misinformation about vaccines. ... More


Havana (RHC) - The annual gala of the Cuban wrestling will honor from this year on, the prestigious coach Pedro Val Bangueiras.... More


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