Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- A former Trump appointee repeatedly urged officials at the Department of Health and Human Services to deliberately allow tens of millions of Americans to become infected with coronavirus. ... More
New York, December 18 (RHC)-- Nearly 400 religious leaders are calling for a global ban on so-called conversion therapy, which aims to change a person’s sexuality through counseling and other interventions. ... More
Jackson, December 18 (RHC)-- Hundreds of U.S. professors have signed an open letter criticizing the University of Mississippi for firing historian and anti-racist scholar Garrett Felber after he spoke out against the school’s relationship with what he described as “racist donors.” ... More
Little Rock, December 18 (RHC)-- U.S. meat producer Tyson Foods has fired managers at an Iowa pork slaughterhouse who allegedly held a cash-buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool on how many workers would become infected at their plant. ... More
Minneapolis, December 18 (RHC)-- In Minnesota, the Indigenous-led resistance against the construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline continues. Earlier this week, 22 protesters were arrested after they blocked equipment and refused to leave. ... More
Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- A major coalition of U.S. climate activists has sent President-elect Joe Biden a draft executive order providing a road map to tackle the climate crisis as soon as he takes office. ... More
Los Angeles, December 18 (RHC)-- The United States has logged its second-worst day of the pandemic after shattering records just one day earlier. On Thursday, the U.S. recorded over 233,000 new infections and nearly 3,300 deaths.... More
Window Rock, December 18 (RHC)-- The U.S. Navajo Nation reported 160 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as public health authorities continued the first round of vaccinations among the hard-hit Indigenous population in the southwestern United States.... More
Lansing, December 18 (RHC)-- Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. attorney’s office for western Michigan said on Thursday.... More
Caracas, December 18 (RHC)-- Prominent Venezuelan politician and journalist José Vicente Rangel died this Friday at the age of 91 as a result of a stroke, his family reported through the social network Twitter.... More
Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and one of the Five Cuban anti-terrorists for whom a broad international mobilization demanded their release from US prisons, was elected this December 17 as a member of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.... More
Geneva, December 18 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization’s global plan for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to 91 poor and middle-income countries faces a “very high” risk of failure and could leave billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024. ... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez described 2020 as a "hard and challenging" year.... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC)-- The Cuban Parliament approved on Thursday the Law of Organization and Functioning of the Provincial Government, whose conception is unprecedented in the institutional order established in the island since January 1959.... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC)-- Cuba's Gross Domestic Product decreased by 11% in 2020 due to the strong contraction of foreign trade, the reduction of international tourism and foreign currency income, due to the effects of the COVID-19 and the reinforcing of Washington's blockade on the island.... More
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