Havana, July 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. government's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) included this Thursday the Cuban bank Havana International Bank LTD on its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.... More
Havana, July 30 (RHC) U.S. Congressman James McGovern called his country's policy towards Cuba an embarrassment and recognized the harmfulness of Washington's blockade against the people of the island.... More
United Nations, July 30 (RHC)--The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli authorities have either demolished or seized 30 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds, displacing more than two dozen people in two weeks... More
Riyadh, July 30 (RHC)-- The global coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over every aspect of this year's pilgrimage, which last year drew 2.5 million Muslims from across the world to Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon nearly 1,400 years ago.... More
Kathmandu, July 30 (RHC)-- Nepal has begun issuing climbing permits for Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks, a Tourism Ministry spokesman said, four and a half months after it halted expeditions amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.... More
Islamabad, July 30 (RHC)-- Pakistan's downward trajectory of active cases of the coronavirus continued, with the number of such cases dropping to 25,253, the lowest since May 12th.... More
Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. coronavirus death toll topped 150,000 on Wednesday — the highest of any nation in the world by far — with California and Florida reporting single-day records for fatalities. ... More
Brasilia, July 30 (RHC)-- Brazil reported a record one-day death toll of nearly 1,600 Wednesday, even as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro lifted a ban on foreign travelers and demanded a rollback of other public health measures. ... More
New York, July 30 (RHC)-- At least 212 land and environmental defenders were murdered last year. That’s the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago. ... More
United Nations, July 30 (RHC)-- The United Nations is setting up temporary housing units for thousands of asylum seekers stuck in Mexico as they wait for their asylum claims to be heard in the United States.... More
Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has announced it will reject all new applications for DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In addition, the administration said it would limit new work permits for existing DACA recipients to just one year instead of two. ... More
Detroit, July 30 (RHC)-- A newly formed coalition in Detroit is calling for an independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of an African American man named Hakim Littleton on July 10th. ... More
Portland, July 30 (RHC)-- Black Lives Matter protests continue across the United States. In Portland, Oregon, protesters arrested by federal agents on even the most minor charges are being ordered by federal judges to sign a pledge not to protest again as a condition of their release from jail. One attorney with the ACLU called the orders “sort of hilariously unconstitutional.”... More
Buenos Aires, July 30 (RHC)-- Argentina reported a record 120 new COVID-19 deaths Monday, bringing the country’s death toll to over 3,100. Argentine authorities are warning of possible shortages of intensive care unit beds in hospitals in and around Buenos Aires.... More
Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- As the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rapidly approached 150,000, President Trump declared Tuesday that much of the United States is ”COVID-free.” ... More
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