Berlin, May 4 (RHC)-- Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 and to work together to develop tests, medications, and a vaccine “for all people.” She also called on the European Union to seek financing to combat the pandemic.... More
Des Moines, May 4 (RHC)-- Iowa’s Republican governor has warned furloughed workers they will lose their unemployment benefits if they refuse to return to their jobs once remain-at-home orders are lifted — even if the workers fear injury or death from COVID-19. ... More
New York, May 4 (RHC)-- New York City transit officials are teaming up with the NYPD to force unhoused people from the subway system. Under a new policy, people will not be allowed to remain in a subway station for more than an hour, and will be removed from trains that reach the end of a subway line. ... More
Atlanta, May 4 (RHC)-- A new survey of Georgia hospitals finds more than 80% of COVID-19 patients are Black, even though African-Americans make up just 30% of Georgia’s population. It’s the latest evidence that the coronavirus is disproportionately affecting people of color in the United States. ... More
El Paso, May 4 (RHC)-- In El Paso, Texas, six immigrant women suffering from underlying health conditions have been freed from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail. The women had sued ICE demanding to be released from El Paso Processing Center during the COVID-19 pandemic, as at least seven immigrant prisoners have tested positive for the virus. ... More
New York, May 4 (RHC)-- In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to deploy thousands of workers to trace the contacts of everyone who’s tested positive for the coronavirus. Cuomo said he hopes to assign 30 “contact tracers” for every 100,000 New Yorkers. Billionaire former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will oversee the program.... More
Caracas, May 4 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Monday denouncing before the international community a new mercenary and terrorist aggression, organized from Colombian territory and planned by U.S. agents, against peace, democracy and sovereignty of Venezuela.... More
Caracas, May 4 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela repudiated the attempted violation of the country's maritime sovereignty and expressed its support for President Nicolas Maduro.... More
London, May 4 (RHC)-- In Britain, the death toll from COVID-19 has passed 26,000, surpassing France and Spain and making the U.K. second only to Italy among European countries in the total number of coronavirus deaths.... More
New York, May 4 (RHC)-- The former national police chief of Honduras has been charged in a federal court in New York of trafficking tons of cocaine into the United States on behalf of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and the president’s already-convicted brother. ... More
Caracas, May 3 (RHC)-- The President of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, blasted the latest attempt by armed terrorists to infiltrate Venezuela's border by means of a naval invasion from Colombia. ... More
London, May 3 (RHC)-- The partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his life is in danger while he is held in a London prison during the coronavirus lockdown. ... More
Hanoi, May 3 (RHC)-- In Vietnam, public health officials say they’ve succeeded in containing the coronavirus outbreak, after responding quickly and aggressively to test large numbers of people and isolate those infected with the virus. ... More
Caracas, May 3 (RHC)-- At dawn on Sunday May 3rd, mercenaries tried to carry out an invasion of Venezuela by sea, according to the country's interior minister. During a press conference on Sunday morning, the Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Nestor Reverol, announced the disarticulation of an incursion by a terrorist group into the country via sea.... More
Brasilia, May 2 (RHC)-- Brazilian Minister Luís Roberto Barroso of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), suspended an order from Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Relations to expel the entire diplomatic corps of Venezuela accredited in the country.... More
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