United Nations, August 20 (RHC)-- The United States government is using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to escalate its policy of aggression against Venezuela, said the South American country's ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada.... More
Gaza City, August 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip rallied against a United States-brokered between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize ties.... More
The White House is refusing to commit U.S. President Donald Trump to accepting the results of the 2020 presidential election. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday that the president has been clear that he will "see what happens" in November.... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has congratulated the group of scientists who created the first Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19, which was officially presented on Wednesday.... More
Milwaukee, August 20 (RHC)-- In the United States, Senator Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination, becoming the first woman of color to run on a major party presidential ticket. ... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- Under the title Unificación monetaria en el horizonte de Cuba (Monetary Unification on the Cuban Horizon), Granma newspaper published Thursday the opinions of three Central Bank experts, who discussed to the urgency of the implementation of this decision.... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 83 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 3,565 positive cases across the island. ... More
Geneva, August 20 (RHC)-- As global confirmed coronavirus cases topped 22 million, the World Health Organization warned that young adults and children are increasingly driving the spread of COVID-19. ... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- The strategy for the development of "Soberana 01" -- the first Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19 with authorization to begin clinical trials -- was officially presented at the Palace of the Revolution during a meeting between the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the scientists and experts who have worked directly in the fight against the epidemic.... More
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Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- After a fruitful life dedicated to research and epidemiology, Cuban scientist Carlos Juan Finlay died on a day like today in 1915.... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- Venezuela's gratitude for Cuba's assistance in the face of the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic was expressed in the exchange of fraternal messages on Twitter by Presidents Nicolás Maduro Moros and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.... More
Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- The president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), Esteban Lazo Hernández, led the Cuban delegation in the first part of the 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organized virtually by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, with the cooperation of the Austrian Parliament and the United Nations.... More
Ramallah, August 19 (RHC)-- President Mahmoud Abbas has strongly criticized the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — which long portrayed itself as an advocate of Palestine’s cause — for stabbing the Palestinian nation in the back by making peace with Israel, warning other Arab countries not to follow in Abu Dhabi’s footsteps.... More
Tripoli, August 19 (RHC)-- At least 45 people including five children died earlier this week in the worst shipwreck reported so far this year off Libya's coast, according to the United Nations.... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- Doctor Anthony Fauci, the U.S.' top infectious diseases official, said the government wouldn't make any future COVID-19 vaccine obligatory for the general public -- although local jurisdictions could make it mandatory for some groups, like children.... More
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