South Africa is one of the best destinations in the continent for foreign investments, according to statistics from the United Nations. From 2012 to 2013 alone, direct foreign investments in the country increased from 4.6 billion to 8.1 billion dollars, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNTAD).

The U.S. Congress has until today to decide on Cuba''s exclusion from the State Department''s list of alleged countries sponsoring international terrorism. The 45-day term will expire today. It was stipulated so the legislators -particularly those reluctant to the approach started in December 2014 between Washington and Havana- speak in favor of the decision notified on April 14 by President Barack Obama.

A week after the avalanche that devastated the Colombian town of Salgar, its people are trying to return to some of their usual routines amid efforts to clean up the place and prevent disease outbreaks.

A 48-member Cuban medical team including 22 doctors has arrived in Nepal in response to the April 25th earthquake that killed more than 7,600 people, Cuban officials reported on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, but it was an initiative of the US side, said today a Kremlin source.