Tokyo, February 6 (RHC)-- Japan’s electronics giant Sony will cut some 5,000 jobs around the world, saying it would book great financial losses. The company claims that the job cuts, part of a restructuring plan, would save about $1.0 billion annually.... More
London, February 6 (RHC)-- Londoners endured yet another day of travel chaos as the 48-hour strike by tube workers continued on Thursday. ... More
La Paz, February 6 (RHC) – The Peruvian ambassador in Bolivia, Silvia Alfaro, confirmed that the Bolivian president Evo Morales will visit the president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, at the end of month.... More
Ottawa, February 6 (RHC) – The Canadian band Skinny Puppy will demand compensation from the U.S. for using their music to torture prisoners at the illegal naval base of Guantanamo, Cuba.... More
Berlin, February 6 (RHC)-- Germany’s unemployment rate has hit 7.3 percent in the first month of 2014 with more than 3 million people being jobless at a time of continued economic hardship.... More
Havana, February 6 (RHC)-- Herman van Hooff, director of the regional cultural office for Latin America and the Caribbean with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday that Cuba is acknowledged around the world for its high level in the implementation of the objectives of the Education for All program.... More
Havana, February 6 (RHC)-- The governor of the state of Mexico Eruviel Avila and Cuban ambassador Dagoberto Rodriguez attended the signing of a bilateral collaboration accord in the field of education on Wednesday.... More
Havana, February 6 (RHC)-- Members of the Cuban Nursing Society are addressing issues relevant to the training of personnel and research studies carried out over the past year, during a meeting in the central province of Santa Clara.... More
Havana, February 6 (RHC)-- The state court at the Venezuelan Nueva Esparta Department ordered the arrest of seven individuals for their presumed involvement in recent aggressions against the Cuban baseball team that is participating at the Caribbean Baseball Series.... More
Havana, February 6 (RHC)-- The programming of Miami Radio, which has included information and opinions on Cuba for many years, is now off-the-air, according to Miami-based Cuban journalist Andres Gomez.... More
Cuban musician and composer, César Pedroso, nicknamed Pupy, and 90 year-old singer, Adriano Rodríguez, were presented the National Music Awards for 2013, granted by the Culture Ministry to Cuban music celebrities for the work of their entire life.... More
Bogotá, February 5 (RHC) -- Four senior Colombian army officers were removed from duty Tuesday for an allegedly illegal interception in the government's delegation attending the peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), local media reported.... More
Baghdad, February 5 (RHC)-- At least 16 people have been killed in a series of bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... More
Mexico City, February 5 (RHC) -– Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has pledged to spend about $3.4 billion in social and infrastructure programs in the troubled Mexican state of Michoacan, where vigilantes have battled a drug cartel.... More
Berlin, February 5 (RHC)-- German media outlets say that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) spied on former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder over his opposition to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. ... More
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