Caracas, August 5 (PL-RHC)-- Venezuela and China established new agreements to enhance cooperation between the two nations over the next 10 years, said Vice President of Planning Ricardo Menendez.... More
Bogota, August 5 (RHC-PL) – In the coming three years, Colombia expects to sign about 170 international agreements on security, agriculture, education, and science and technology, with a view to a possible post-conflict scenario. Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin made the announcement during a meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos, in which she said these initiatives will be very useful for the following stage after peace is signed.... More
Beijing, August 5 (RHC-Xinhua), -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted 16 km ENE of Tonala, in Chiapas, Mexico at 0913 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.... More
Quito, August 5 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Victims of the environmental contamination caused by U.S. oil company Chevron in Ecuador's Amazon on Tuesday rejected a U.S. ruling that Ecuador must pay a big sum to Chevron in damages.... More
Rio de Janeiro, August 5 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Despite the crisis in Brazil, some of the country's most prominent banks registered good results in the second quarter and even announced the acquisition of other banking institutions.... More
Bogota, August 5 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The National Police of Colombia confirmed Tuesday that a Blackhawk helicopter crashed Tuesday morning in the northern Antioquia department due to a mechanical failure, killing 15 policemen on board.... More
Quito, August 5 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said that the advance sale of oil to Thailand was negotiated with “very good” financial conditions for the South American country.... More
Quito, August 5 (RHC-teleSUR) -- High activity levels have been recorded in Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano on Tuesday, pressing local officials to call for a national emergency prevention plan.... More
La Paz, August 5 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Tensions between Bolivia and Chile escalated Tuesday, after Bolivia’s President Evo Morales announced he is considering making his country’s Chilean consul a persona non-grata for meeting with opposition factions.... More
Kabul, August 4 (RHC)-- More than two dozen people have been killed in two separate U.S. drone strikes in eastern Afghanistan. The attacks were carried out against suspected Taliban militants in the eastern province of Nangarhar, local Afghan officials said on Tuesday. ... More
Mexico City, August 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two of the five victims killed in Mexico City early July 31st had denounced death threats from the Veracruz government of Javier Duarte. ... More
Damascus, August 4 (RHC)-- Over 30 people have been killed after a Syrian military aircraft crashed on a market while bombing Takfiri militants in the northwestern Idlib province, a monitoring group says. ... More
Doha, August 4 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has voiced support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. "We would like to see the Palestinians -- all of them -- have their permanent home," Lavrov said during a meeting with Khaled Meshaal, the political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in the Qatari capital Doha. ... More
Washington, August 4 (RHC)-- A majority of Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have endorsed legislation that condemns the recent nuclear accord with Iran. ... More
Berlin, August 4 (RHC)-- In Germany, more than 1,000 people demonstrated in Berlin in solidarity with two journalists who may be facing a treason investigation for reporting on the government’s plans to increase mass surveillance. ... More
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