Washington, July 28 (RHC)-- The International Monetary Fund has approved $4.3 billion in aid to South Africa to help the country fight the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Gaza City, July 28 (RHC)-- Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas The head of the political bureau of the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the movement has turned down a $15-billion development aid offer conditioned on disarming.... More
Beirut, July 28 (RHC)-- Lebanon has reimposed severe COVID-19 restrictions for the next two weeks, shutting places of worship, cinemas, bars, nightclubs, sports events and popular markets, after a sharp rise in infections.... More
Paris, July 27 (RHC)-- France has reported 2,551 new confirmed cases over the last three days, the country's health department said, which means a daily average of 850 over that period.... More
Havana, July 27 (RHC) -- The Insular Council of Mallorca, Spain, will pay tribute to prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019)... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 23 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,555 positive cases across the island. ... More
Caracas, July 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrated Tuesday the 66th anniversary of the birth of Commander Hugo Chavez, whom he called an "immortal giant" and "eternal leader."... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC)--The legacy of the Moncada heroine and founder of Casa de las Americas, Haydee Santamaría, is evoked this Tuesday in Cuba on the 40th anniversary of her death.... More
New York, July 27 (RHC)-- ProPublica has published the disciplinary records for thousands of New York City police officers — records that were, until recently, completely sealed off from the public.... More
Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has cleared a major hurdle for the proposed Pebble Mine, a multibillion-dollar copper and gold mine in Alaska that would be among the world’s largest. ... More
Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas -- a big supporter of Donald Trump -- has proposed a bill that would cut federal funding to any public school that includes the New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” as part of its curriculum. ... More
Geneva, July 27 (RHC)-- Over 10,000 health workers across 40 African countries have been infected by the coronavirus. ... More
San Juan, July 27 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, a protest caravan on Saturday called for San Juan’s International Airport to shut down all nonessential travel, as tourists continue to vacation on the island despite rising COVID-19 cases and are often seen not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. ... More
Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has denied a Trump request to delay today’s deadline for releasing immigrant children from “family detention centers” run by ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — in Texas and Pennsylvania. ... More
Portland, July 27 (RHC)-- Anti-racist protests across the U.S. this weekend were met with violent police attacks, arrests, and the death of a protester in Austin, Texas.... More
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