Berlin, July 29 (RHC)-- Deutsche Bank is the latest major financial institution to say it will stop funding Arctic drilling projects. This comes as Siberia continues to battle wildfires and record-high temperatures, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)—The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday the postponement of the debate and vote of the draft resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."... More
Madrid, July 29 (RHC)-- A lawyer for WikiLeaks says that the United States is preparing to bring more charges against Julian Assange, who already faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage and hacking charges. Assange is currently facing an extradition trial in London. ... More
Pretoria, July 29 (RHC)-- Nearly 45 million people in 13 countries in southern Africa are food-insecure as a result of drought and flood and the impact of coronavirus, the region's bloc has said.... More
Geneva, July 29 (RHC)-- The spread of the novel coronavirus does not appear to be impacted by seasonality, the World Health Organization has said, warning against false beliefs that summer is safer.... More
Madrid, July 29 (RHC)-- The Madrid regional government is making the wearing of face masks mandatory in all public areas, limiting how many people can gather in one place and targeting young people in a drive to stamp out new outbreaks of the coronavirus.... More
Athens, July 29 (RHC)--Greece has announced it will open six of its big ports to tourist cruise ships starting on Saturday, after they were banned because of the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met on Wednesday with health care workers who helped against COVID-19 in Turin, Italy, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.... More
Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- The United States recorded more than 1,200 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday — the highest one-day toll since May, with one person dying of COVID-19 every 70 seconds. ... More
Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- The National Council of Churches of the United States voiced its concern that Cuba has continued to be listed on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s ¨Special Watch List” for countries with serious restrictions on religious freedom. ... More
La Paz, July 29 (RHC)-- The executive secretary of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), Juan Carlos Huarachi, has called for an indefinite strike against the third postponement of the national elections, agreed upon for September 6th.... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 33 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,588 positive cases across the island. ... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)-- The diversification of sources of income to the State budget and a greater decentralization in the management of financial resources are among the novelties to be implemented in Cuba, as part of the government strategy for post-COVID-19 economic recovery.... More
Miami, July 29 (RHC)-- Florida has reported 191 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day rise since the start of the epidemic, the state health department has said.... More
Moscow, July 29 (RHC)-- Russia has no plan to rejoin the Group of Seven (G-7) given its satisfaction with the Group of 20, according to a statement from the Kremlin. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that President Vladimir Putin had neither put forward any initiatives, nor made any requests or any action to revive Russian participation in G-7.... More
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