Sports News Roundup November 10

The Cuban baseball team fell by a score of 5-1 to Canada in their opening game in Group A at the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, underway in Chinese Taipei and Japan from November 8th to the 21st.... More


Riyadh, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The fourth Summit of South American-Arab Countries, known as ASPA, opens Tuesday in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, where Venezuela and Ecuador present a joint proposal to stabilize the price of oil at around $80 per barrel.... More


Mexico City, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Violence has struck again in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. According to local authorities, an attack on a fair late Sunday left 10 people dead, including a child, while seven others are injured.... More


Asunción, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Paraguay could be headed for a political shake-up as the opposition in the capital city Asunción holds its ground 10 points ahead of the incumbent mayor, according to new poll ahead of the South American country’s November 15th municipal election.... More


Castries, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Health experts in the Caribbean say Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the leading causes of death in the Caribbean. Saint Lucia has the highest incidence of diabetes per capita in the world and the Caribbean is the region with the most limb amputations outside a war zone.... More


Lima, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru has turned a large portion of the Amazon basin into a national park in what will protect the biodiversity in the region from the exploitation of its natural resources and leave the Indigenous communities in the area untouched.... More


Mexico City, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership is slated to hit Mexico with more food insecurity and hard times for farmers by extending tariff exemptions to more countries.... More


Havana, November 10 (PL-RHC)-- The delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) called to respect the General Agreement of Havana, and rejected formulas which obstruct the dialogue to end the conflict in the South American nation.... More


Havana, November 9 (RHC-Granma)-- The 19th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) began sessions Monday in the Cuban capital with the participation of more than 130 leaders, representing 70 youth organizations from over 35 countries the world over.... More


San Salvador, November 9 (RHC)-- José Ramón Balaguer, head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee described the 1st Congress of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) as timely and in perfect tune with the reality of El Salvador.... More


Paris, November 9 (RHC)-- Cuba will insist on the adoption of a binding agreement during the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Paris, France. ... More


Sports News roundup November 09

Shohei Otani struck out 10 batters over 6 scoreless innings as Japan beat South Korea 5-0 on Sunday in the opening game of the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, to be played from November 8th to the 21st. ... More


Ramallah, November 9 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank in their latest acts of violence in the occupied territories. The first shooting occurred on Sunday near a junction south of the city of Nablus, with Israeli forces claiming that the victim had rammed a group of Israelis with a car, Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. ... More


Quito, November 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean victims and their families may finally see justice for historical crimes against humanity after almost three decades of impunity protecting the perpetrators.... More


Kabul, November 9 (RHC)-- At least three people have lost their lives in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official says. ... More


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