Tehran, August 13 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the Europeans against falling into the trap of siding with the United States in supporting a resolution that aims to extend an arms embargo against Iran indefinitely. ... More
Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of dangerous hand sanitizers to over 100 different products. The FDA warns some hand sanitizers contain methanol, which can be toxic when applied topically, and deadly if ingested. ... More
Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- The watchdog group Public Citizen has accused pharmaceutical giant Gilead of putting profit ahead of public health as it works to develop a treatment for the coronavirus. ... More
Havana, August 13 (RHC) Cuba and the United Nations System (UNS) signed Thursday the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. which will guide the support of the different agencies, funds, and programs over the next four years.... More
Orlando, August 13 (RHC)-- Walt Disney World actors, who argued that the U.S. theme park's proposed coronavirus safeguards were inadequate to protect them, have resolved a dispute over COVID-19 testing, according to a union statement.... More
Mexico City, August 13 (RHC)-- Mexico's health ministry reported 5,858 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 737 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 498,380 cases and 54,666 deaths.... More
Havana, August 13 (RHC)-- The meeting of Bilateral Political Consultations between Cuba and Argentina took place Thursday, through videoconference. The encounter showed the willingness of both countries to strengthen the already existing links in the economic and commercial fields, education, culture, and cooperation.... More
Havana, August 13 (RHC)-- The suspension by the United States of charter flights to Cuba announced Thursday plays with the concerns of Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits and their needs for contacts with family members, said Carlos Fernandez de Cossío, the Director-General of U.S. Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.... More
Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- The United States reported nearly 1,500 new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day total of the month and one of the deadliest days of the U.S. epidemic since May. ... More
Ramallah, August 13 (RHC)-- Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached a deal that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two sides, in an agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump apparently helped broker.... More
Gaza City, August 13 (RHC)-- Overnight, Israeli warplanes and tanks struck what the military said were Hamas facilities. Israel had earlier shut down Gaza's main commercial crossing and reduced the area where it permits Palestinians to fish.... More
Havana, August 13 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez said today that overcoming the current rebound of COVID-19 would be the best tribute to the memory of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, as the island commemorates this Thursday, the 94th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Revolution. ... More
Havana, August 13 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 46 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 3,174 positive cases across the island. ... More
La Paz, August 13 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Senate has passed a law requiring general elections to be held no later than October 18, a step toward ending mobilizations in the country.... More
United Nations, August 13 (RHC)-- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, warns that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but risks exacerbating existing conflicts and "fomenting new ones."... More
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