New York, August 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Manhattan district attorney may be investigating Donald Trump over bank and insurance fraud, according to a new filing from his office. ... More


Istanbul, August 7 (RHC)-- In Turkey, thousands of women rallied in cities nationwide demanding the government cancel plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. ... More


Chicago, August 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Illinois, the Chicago Public School system has canceled in-person classes in September and will begin the new school year entirely by remote learning.  ... More


Denver, August 7 (RHC)-- Police in Aurora, Colorado detained a Black family at gunpoint after mistaking their vehicle for one that was stolen.  ... More


Miami, August 7 (RHC)-- In Miami, a U.S. appeals court has found former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and former Bolivian Defense Minister José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín liable for the massacre of at least 64 unarmed Indigenous people in 2003. ... More


Havana, August 7 (RHC) -- One of the most relevant Cuban percussionists, Ruy López-Nussa, stars on Friday a Culture Ministry concert to support social isolation in the fight against Covid-19... More


Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral has released a new album entitled ‘Alma Nuestra’, compiling a selection of well-known, timeless songs from Cuba, Argentina and other parts of South America, reinventing them and making them unique and personal. ... More


A traveling exhibition entitled ‘Women in Revolution’ is currently touring Cuba’s westernmost province of Pinar del Río. The exhibition is as part of activities marking the 60th anniversary this 2020 of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC).... More


Havana, August 7 (RHC) -- Cuba’s temporary working group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus approved Thursday several measures to address the occurrence of local transmission events in the western part of the country.... More


Havana, August 7 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 54 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,829 positive cases across the island.  ... More


U.S. State Department's special envoy to Iran, Brian Hook.

US Special Envoy to Iran resigns

Washington, August 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department's special envoy to Iran, Brian Hook, resigned from his post after seeing the U.S. strategy of pressure on the Persian country fail.... More


Santiago, August 7 (RHC)-- Latin America and the Caribbean’s foreign trade will experience a sharp drop of 23% in 2020 – exceeding the 21% decline recorded during the 2009 financial crisis – as a result of the economic effects arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, ECLAC indicated in a new report Thursday.... More


The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a warning against the use of chlorine products as treatments for COVID-19.... More


A concert online Thursday afternoon paid tribute to Cuban pianist, composer, conductor and arranger Ernesto Lecuona on the eve of his 125th birthday anniversary. ... More


 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez. File Photo

Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reiterated the island's position on the Human Rights Council, a founding member.... More


up