United Nations, December 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations expects to have to help five million more Afghans in 2021 than this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in conflicts, a UN official said. The need is increasing and “funding is urgently needed,” the acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham said during a press conference at the United Nations.... More
London, December 16 (RHC)-- The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new report by Oxfam.... More
Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly. After failing in his legal efforts to overturn his November 3 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, who on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the U.S. presidency, Trump will re-enter private life on January 20th with an array of opportunities.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) announced new player contracts for the Mexican and Venezuelan leagues, as well as the extension of other agreements in the Japanese circuit.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The Cuban Academy of Sciences refuted a report by the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, which links high-powered microwaves to alleged health incidents suffered by U.S. diplomats and their families in Havana.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- Cuban deputies will know first-hand about the contributions of science in the confrontation with the Covid-19, against which the island's scientific community is preparing four vaccination candidates.... More
United Nations, December 16 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world countries to provide financial assistance to resolve the severe economic crisis in Yemen, which has been under incessant attacks by a Saudi-led coalition over the past several years.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The increase in the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cuba was the focus of Tuesday's meeting of the governmental group to confront the health emergency on the island.... More
Ramallah, December 16 (RHC)-- Israel has reportedly approved construction of at least 8,300 settler units in the occupied West Bank through a 20-year project that practically enables annexation of the Palestinian land on which the structures are to be built.... More
Havana, December 15 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities confirmed Tuesday that products destined for children and the sick will keep their current prices, despite the elimination of subsidies as part of the monetary reform starting on January 1.... More
Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The funeral of the Historian of Havana City, Eusebio Leal Spengler, will take place this Wednesday. Dr. Leal passed away last December 31st.... More
Havana, December 15 (RHC)-- The monetary reform in Cuba will favor greater business efficiency by encouraging exports and the consumption of domestic raw materials and national products, officials considered on Tuesday.... More
San Diego, December 16 (RHC)-- According to a new report, U.S. farmworkers are struggling with some of the lowest wages in the country and suffer "an above-average rate of workplace injuries."... More
Rome, December 16 (RHC)-- Italy's gas station operators have been staging a strike since Monday to demand the Italian government include them among the recipients of support measures to mitigate the nefarious impact of anti-COVID restrictions.... More
Brasilia, December 15 (RHC)-- In Brazil, critics are accusing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of “lethal incompetence” after his administration failed to prepare for a mass vaccination program. ... More
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