New York, June 13 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican leaders are protesting the Barack Obama administration’s unveiling of deep cuts to Puerto Rico’s Medicare program.... More
Paris, June 13 (RHC)-- The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been acquitted of aggravated pimping by a French court. ... More
Panama City, June 13 (RHC-Euronews), -- The new Panama Canal is near 90% complete, and on Thursday a test stretch on the Atlantic coastline was flooded for the first time.... More
Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- A new report shows that hackers have managed to access Social Security numbers and all personal information of every U.S. federal employee. The security breach, which is the worst during the Barack Obama administration, was reportedly carried out by Chinese hackers, a U.S. government worker union told the Associated Press.... More
Cleveland, June 13 (RHC)-- In Ohio, a judge has found probable cause to charge a police officer with murder for the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice last November. Rice was playing with a toy gun when police fatally shot him within two seconds of their arrival. ... More
Havana, June 13 (RHC) – Participants at the “60th Anniversary of the 26 of July Movement” Workshop granted a distinction to Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, as well as to Armando Hart Davalos and Pedro Miret Prieto -- honoring them as founding members of the first National Directory of the 26th of July Movement, an organization that led the guerrilla fight against the Batista dictatorship.... More
Havana, June 13 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro met on Friday afternoon with Ivar Asjes, Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs of Curacao, who is paying an official visit to Havana.... More
Havana, June 13, (RHC), - Salvador Valdes, vice president of the Cuban Council of State, arrived in South Africa Friday to attend the 25th African Union (AU) Summit.... More
Havana, June 13, (RHC), - U.S. Republican Senator for Kansas, Jerry Moran, and Independent Senator for Maine, Angus King on Thursday introduced legislation to restore trade with Cuba. ... More
Havana, June 13, (RHC), - China and Cuba are planning a direct flight linking their two capitals across the vast Pacific Ocean, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Saturday. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The top U.S. general says the United States may build more military bases in Iraq as part of its escalating campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. ... More
Santiago de Chile, June 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Family farming must be an engine for the eradication of hunger, poverty reduction and sustainable development in rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, said FAO’s Regional Representative Raul Benitez in Santiago de Chile, during a sidelines event at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Conference on Wednesday. ... More
Sanaa, June 12 (RHC)-- Saudi-led airstrikes have destroyed houses, damaged buildings and killed at least six people in the old quarter of the Yemeni capital Sana’a, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says negotiations on Greece’s bailout program have come to a halt amid a lack of progress toward an agreement needed to avert a possible default. ... More
Vienna, June 12 (RHC)-- Switzerland and Austria say they are investigating reports that spyware linked to Israel targeted the hotels hosting the closed-door nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 states. ... More
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