Havana, August  6 (RHC)--  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, denounced Thursday that the United States is taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase the effects of the blockade imposed on the island. ... More


The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca

Havana, August 6 (RHC)—The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, announced on Thursday the implementation of the first phase of Cuba's Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE).... More


New York, August 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 158,000.  Over 1,200 new deaths were reported on Wednesday, including 225 in Florida, where the number of cases has surpassed a half-million.... More


New York, August 6 (RHC)-- Facebook has removed a video posted to Donald Trump’s personal account, saying it violated a policy against harmful COVID-19 misinformation.  Twitter has also banned the video, which featured clips from a Fox News segment Wednesday in which Trump urged schools to reopen, falsely claiming children are “almost immune from this disease.”... More


Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s leading expert on infectious diseases, has revealed he now needs security due to threats against him and his family.... More


New York, August 6 (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


Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- The World Bank Group said it stands ready to assess Lebanon's damage and needs after a devastating Beirut port explosion and work with the country's partners to mobilize public and private financing for reconstruction and recovery.... More


 A battery of Israel's so-called Iron Dome missile system.  (Photo: AFP)

Tel Aviv, August 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Army Futures Command has confirmed that a cargo plane has landed in Israel to support the regime's so-called Iron Dome system.  The Antonov An 225 arrived at Israel’s Ben-Gurion international airport, carrying U.S. military trucks to be equipped with Iron Dome air system.... More


Brett McGurk, former National Security official for Trump.

Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- A former aide to U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed his ex-boss for “spitballing” on the cause of a huge explosion in Beirut.  ... More


Santiago de Chile, August 6 (RHC)-- Eight Mapuche political prisoners remain on hunger strike at Angol Prison in Chile due to the lack of progress in talks with Sebastian Piñera's government.... More


Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a war between the United States and China is "no longer inconceivable."

Canberra, August 6 (RHC)-- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a war between the United States and China is "no longer inconceivable."  He made the comments in an online address from the Australian capital, Canberra, on Wednesday amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.... More


John Yoo provided a legal rationale for the torture in the U.S. so-called war on terror.

Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump met with John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who provided a legal rationale for the torture in the U.S. so-called war on terror.... More


The Bolivian workers' union warns that the TSE is an accomplice of the de facto government in postponing the elections.

La Paz, August 6 (RHC)-- The executive secretary of the Bolivian Workers' Central (COB), Juan Carlos Huarachi, reports that the dialogue between his organization and others of a social nature with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) ended without an agreement on the possible modification of the date for the next presidential elections in the country. ... More


​​​​​​​Beirut, August 6  (RHC)-- Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing people on Wednesday from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 135.... More


Havana, August 6 (RHC)--The contingent of the Henry Reeve Brigade that served at the Lomé Commune Regional Hospital Center, in Togo, returned to Cuba on Wednesday after three months of confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


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