Tegucigalpa, July 27 (RHC)-- In Honduras, protests continue demanding the return of five Garífuna land defenders who were kidnapped last week in the northern coastal town of Triunfo de la Cruz. On Saturday, police reportedly began shooting at a crowd of protesters. ... More


Havana, July 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez voiced on Monday his heartfelt condolences on the death of former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur at a hospital in Bridgetown.... More


Geneva, July 27 (RHC)-- The global death toll from the pandemic has now passed 650,000 -- nearly a third of that number in Europe -- according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 16:00 GMT on Monday.... More


File photo shows a Palestinian woman kept in an Israeli jail.  (Photo: Press TV)

Ramallah, July 27 (RHC)-- Two Palestinian women prisoners are currently behind bars in an Israeli jail in isolation and under extremely harsh conditions, a Palestinian commission says.... More


Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases continue to surge in much of the United States, where the number of confirmed infections has topped 4.2 million, with nearly 147,000 reported deaths.... More


Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with the future president, Donald Trump.  (Photo: AP)

Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- The Republicans behind U.S. President Donald Trump have been banned from using the former president's name to raise money for the 2020 presidential election.... More


Hanoi, July 27 (RHC)-- Vietnam has postponed its hosting of Asia’s largest security forum, which includes North Korea, and an annual meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers by a month to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.... More


Beijing, July 27 (RHC)-- China on Monday reported 61 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, spread between its northeastern and northwestern regions.... More


Havana, July 27 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 37 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,532 positive cases across the island.  ... More


A worker removes the plaque on the wall outside the U.S. consulate in Chengdu.  (Photo: Noel Celis/AFP)

Beijing, July 27 (RHC)-- The flag of the United States outside its consulate in China's southwestern city of Chengdu was lowered early on Monday, state media reported, after China gave the country three days to leave the building in response to a U.S. order for Beijing to close its Houston consulate.... More


Santiago of Cuba, July 26 (RHC)-- At the historic Sentry Post Number 3 of the former Moncada Barracks, the Municipal Assembly of People's Power in Santiago de Cuba granted the status of Illustrious Son of the City to Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.... More


London, July 26 (RHC)-- Britain's government has announced that all travellers from Spain arriving after midnight (23:00 GMT) on Saturday will need to spend two weeks in quarantine in case they are infected with coronavirus, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.... More


San Jose, July 26 (RHC)-- Costa Rica's Health Ministry has reported a record 931 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths, both single-day highs for the small Central American nation where 72 percent of all its confirmed cases have been registered since the beginning of this month.... More


Miami, July 26 (RHC)-- A man was arrested in the United States for pointing a gun at a fellow shopper who asked him to wear a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic at a Walmart store in the state of Florida, according to the police.... More


Hollywood, July 26 (RHC)-- Walt Disney Co postponed the debut of its movie "Mulan" indefinitely and delayed the next film installments from two of its biggest franchises, "Avatar" and "Star Wars", by one year.... More


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