Off the wire
French Cup results on Tuesday  • UN welcomes the transfer of LRA commander Ongwen to ICC  • Interview: Current constraints won't deter China from achieving prosperity: economist  • Australian housing market cooling: report  • Chinese Peng Shuai romps into Australian Open 3rd round  • Sampdoria close to finishing deal for Eto'o  • Cameroon ties with Mali, Cote d'Ivoire draws Guinea at African Cup  • Commentary: A new normal Chinese economy still ballast for world economy  • Falling New Zealand CPI stifles expectations of interest rate rises  • China stock index futures open higher Wednesday  
You are here:   Home

Urgent: Obama urges Congress to further ease embargo on Cuba

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Hailing the return of Alan Gross, an U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba for five years, U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to further ease sanctions on Cuba in his second-to-last State of Union speech on Tuesday. Endi