Bogota, January 10 (RHC)-- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, which is set to become a political party after signing a landmark peace deal with the government, announced it will seek a national consensus for peace, instead of seeking the presidency, in the upcoming elections. ... More


Berlin, January 10 (RHC)-- A human smuggler left 19 refugees, including five children, at a motorway parking area in freezing temperatures in southern Germany and fled the scene, according to police in Berlin. ... More


London, January 10 (RHC)-- Striking transportation workers shut down the London underground Monday, grinding key services in the city of more than 8.6 million to a halt to demand better working conditions as millions of commuters struggled to get to work. ... More


Bangkok, January 10 (RHC)-- Flooding has killed at least 25 people in Thailand’s south since the start of the year, affecting more than a million people. ... More


Quito, January 10 (RHC)-- Ecuadorean officials have announced that the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht will not be able to sign any future contracts with public institutions in the South American country, as authorities continue to investigate alleged corruption in its operations. ... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)-- Thousands of Havana residents and visitors from around the world celebrated Sunday the 58th anniversary of the arrival in Havana of the Freedom Caravan on January 8th, 1959, led by revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. ... More


Sancti Spíritus, January 9 (RHC)-- 'Late Cuban leader Fidel Castro continues to guide and inspire revolutionaries all over the world', said Evaristo Navarrete Manzano, who is visiting central Sancti Spíritus city as part of the the 34th annual Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)-- Cuba's BioCubaFarma Group has projected more than 40 research studies throughout 2017, using human subjects. ... More


Damascus, January 9 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the armed forces will fight until the liberation of "every inch" of his country from militant and extremist groups.... More


New York, January 9 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has called on all of Barack Obama's ambassadors to hand in their resignations before he is sworn in on January 20th. ... More


Washington, January 9 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the state should provide former Black Panther activist and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal with life-saving medication to treat his hepatitis C infection. ... More


Washington, January 9 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is reportedly lobbying on behalf of Rex Tillerson, Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. ... More


Los Angeles, January 9 (RHC)-- U.S. actress Meryl Streep won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.... More


New York, January 7 (RHC-Agencies)-- Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, has launched the first clinical trial in the United States to study the CIMAvax-EGF vaccine, a lung cancer treatment that was developed in Cuba.... More


Florida, January 7 (RHC-Agencies)-- The Florida Aquarium's joint research with the National Aquarium of Cuba on coral reef restoration ended on a scientific high in 2016. ... More


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