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Honduras says economic needs forced Taiwan-to-China switch

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 09:39 AM

Economic necessity and Taiwan's refusal to increase financial aid were behind Honduras's decision to establish diplomatic ties with China, Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina said on Wednesday. Read more »

Honduras to establish diplomatic ties with China

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 15 05:38 PM

Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with mainland China, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan. Read more »

Messi scores twice as Argentina down Honduras

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 05:56 PM

Lionel Messi's expertly taken double helped seal a comprehensive 3-0 win for Argentina over Honduras in Miami on Friday to extend their impressive unbeaten run ahead of the Qatar World Cup. Read more »

President of Honduras tests positive for COVID

Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 06:34 AM

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has tested positive for COVID-19, she said on Sunday, adding that she has mild symptoms. Read more »

Honduras set for woman president

Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 03:45 PM

Honduran opposition leader Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's presidential election as initial results pointed to a landslide win. Read more »

Football: Germany walk off in friendly after alleged racist abuse

Reuters
Posted at Jul 18 10:55 AM

The German men's Olympic soccer team left the pitch five minutes before the end of their warm-up game against Honduras in Wakayama, Japan on Saturday. Read more »

1.5 tons of buried cocaine unearthed in Honduras

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 08:25 AM

Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Police in Honduras, whose president the United States accuses of being a "co-conspirator" in drug-trafficking, unearthed 1.5 tons of cocaine buried in the ground in a small village in the country's north. Read more »

Football: Honduras beat United States to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 11:18 AM

Honduras punched their ticket to the men's soccer competition at this year's Tokyo Games with a 2-1 semi-final victory over the United States. Read more »

President of Honduras helped smuggle tons of cocaine into US: prosecutor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 07:49 AM

NEW YORK - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez helped smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States, a US prosecutor said Tuesday at the trial of an accused drug trafficker.   Read more »

Israel sharing some COVID vaccines with Palestinians, Honduras, Czech Republic

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 24 06:18 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel said on Tuesday it was giving small amounts of surplus COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinian-run territories as well as to several countries. Read more »

Migrant caravans head out in search of better lives

Orlando Sierra, AFP
Posted at Jan 16 02:43 PM

Migrants heading to the border with Guatemala on their way to the United States march in La Entrada, in the Honduran department of Copan, on Friday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 20, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:24 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Elsewhere in the world

Jorge Cabrera, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 11:11 AM

Iota swept through several Central American countries, as the region undergoes its own storm season.  Read more »

Storm Iota leaves over 30 dead in Central America

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 02:56 PM

Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, but its remnants will continue to be deadly through Thursday even as 2020's biggest Atlantic storm subsided over El Salvador. Read more »

‘Worst storm in decades’: Central America reels, as death toll shoots past 100

Josue Decavele and Gustavo Palencia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 05:00 AM

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei indicated the death toll caused by calamitous storm Eta could jump even higher. Read more »

Honduran president hospitalized for COVID-19, treated for pneumonia

Gustavo Palencia, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 06:18 AM

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, is undergoing treatment in hospital for pneumonia after he tested positive for COVID-19 this week, the government said on Wednesday. Read more »

Honduran president says he is infected with coronavirus

Gustavo Palencia, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 01:11 PM

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, is receiving treatment and will work remotely and through his aides, he said late on Tuesday.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 8, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 03:41 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos Read more »

In Honduras, it's chickens

Orlando Sierra, AFP
Posted at May 08 10:52 AM

Communities all over the world hit by the pandemic are grappling with ways on how to deal with the basic necessities of the people.  Read more »