Havana, December 8 (RHC)-- Austria’s national carrier Austrian Airlines has announced it will offer flight service once a week to Havana, as of October 25th, 2016, thus adding another new tourist destination to its flight schedule. ... More


Havana, December 8 (RHC)-- Russian Direct Investment Fund has announced that it is interested in investing in countries like Cuba, where it sees a strong potential for growth.... More


Brasilia, December 8 (RHC)-- Cuba highlighted its achievements in education, health and other sectors for the country's Black population, despite the U.S.-imposed blockade, during a United Nations meeting on Afro-descendants that took place in the Brazilian capital.... More


Paris, December 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Science, Technology and the Environment Minister Elba Rosa Perez reaffirmed in Paris her nation's commitment to the success of the Climate Conference underway in the French capital, which hopes to reach a fair, balanced and far-reaching accord. ... More


Cuba-Caricom Day Celebrated Today

Havana, December 8 (RHC)-- December 8th is Cuba-Caricom Day -- a date established at the first joint summit held 2002 in Havana to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Havana and a group of Caribbean nations that were freed from colonial rule in the 1970s. ... More


United Nations, December 8 (RHC)-- Russia has called on the United Nations Security Council to hold closed-door discussions on Turkish military actions in Syria and Iraq. UN officials say that tensions have been running high between Ankara and Moscow following the recent shooting down of a Russian bomber by a Turkish warplane. ... More


Caracas, December 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Following Sunday’s parliamentary electoral loss, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with Bolivarian governors and ministers and called for a range of consultation methods in order to strengthen the Bolivarian movement.... More


Sports News Roundup December 08

The Cuban Baseball Federation is still exploring the market to raise the number of contracts for more baseball players in professional leagues, stated Higinio Velez, president of the organization.... More


Cairo, December 8 (RHC)-- An explosion in Egypt's volatile Sinai Peninsula has killed four soldiers and injured four others as deadly violence continues unabated in the region, a report says. ... More


Ramallah, December 8 (RHC)-- In the Occupied West Bank, Israeli troops have shot and killed two Palestinians. On Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources say Israeli troops shot and killed 19-year-old Malik Shaheen during a raid in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 8 (RHC)-- An investigation by an Israeli daily reveals that U.S. donors have channeled over 200 million dollars into Israeli illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in recent years. ... More


Ottawa, December 8 (RHC)-- Canada's new government says it will uphold its election campaign promise and withdraw the country's fighter jets which have been targeting purported Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria. The six war planes will be withdrawn over the next few weeks, Reuters cited Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion as saying on Monday. ... More


Berlin, December 8 (RHC)-- An arson attack on a refugee camp in the German state of Thuringia has left at least ten asylum seekers, including a baby, injured. ... More


Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump calls for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims" entering the United States, following last week's mass shooting in California. ... More


Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States quickly drew comparisons to policies enacted by Nazi Germany against the Jews and condemnation from both Republican and Democratic candidates, as well as an array of civil society groups. ... More


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