Havana, November 17 (RHC)--Cuba's president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, on Tuesday called on the business system to increase innovation to provide solutions to the country's most pressing problems.... More


Managua, November 17 (RHC)-- Hurricane Iota made landfall Monday afternoon on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm.  Much of the city of Puerto Cabezas has been left without power, with the roofs of homes and a makeshift hospital ripped off by heavy winds and rain. ... More


Washington, November 17 (RHC)-- The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the third-highest daily toll of the pandemic.  The official U.S. death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching a quarter-million — with 800 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours.... More


Havana, November 17 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez congratulated on Tuesday the National Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on its 73rd anniversary.... More


Havana, November 17 (RHC)— The Ministry of Public Health reported 28 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 7785  samples were tested.... More


Santiago de Cuba, November 17 (RHC)-- After 187 days without the appearance of SARS-COV-2, Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest city in the country, reports a worrying increase in new coronavirus.... More


Havana, November 17 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the students on their International Day and highlighted the sector's contributions to the country.... More


Havana, November 17 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry informed on its website on Monday that Cuban citizens residing in the national territory, who are abroad at the time of this announcement, will be allowed to return to Cuba, exceptionally, with their expired passports and without extension.... More


Havana, November 17 (RHC)--A policy proposal for agricultural extension in Cuba was presented on Monday at the regular meeting between President  Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez with scientists, experts, and producers linked to food and nutritional sovereignty... More


United Nations, November 17 (RHC)-- The UN's Middle East peace envoy has decried an Israeli plan to expand a settlement in a sensitive area of East Jerusalem al-Quds, calling on Tel Aviv to “reverse this step."  ... More


New York, November 17 (RHC)-- Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.  The number far exceeds the initial projections of lawyers across the United States who have been signing up clients since the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy protection in February in the face of hundreds of lawsuits alleging decades-old sex abuse by Scout leaders.... More


New York, November 17 (RHC)-- The drugmaker Moderna says early results from a large clinical trial show its coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95% effective at preventing COVID-19.  ... More


Washington, November 17 (RHC)-- A new report has found U.S. prisoners organized over 100 strikes between March and June in response to dangerous conditions inside jails and prisons amid the pandemic. ... More


Washington, November 17 (RHC)-- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that she was stunned by a call from one of President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus advisers for people in her state to “rise up” against new restrictions aimed at slowing the disease’s deadly surge.... More


Washington, November 16 (RHC)-- Lame-duck U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly asked his advisers last week about the options he could have to attack Iran's nuclear sites.  “A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike,” The New York Times reported Monday as the president was still refusing to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.... More


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