Ramallah, July 24 (RHC)-- Israel has ordered the demolition of several more Palestinian facilities, including a number of homes, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian media says.... More
Washington, July 24 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has denied pleas to release immigrant families imprisoned at three Immigration and Customs Enforcement “family detention centers” in Texas and Pennsylvania, despite concerns over rising coronavirus infections. ... More
Ottawa, July 24 (RHC)-- In Canada, a federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement with the United States is invalid, saying the U.S. violates the human rights of refugees. ... More
Tel Aviv, July 24 (RHC)-- In Israel, 34 people were arrested earlier this week during ongoing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and corruption. ... More
U.S. Major League Baseball began a shortened season with a game between the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees. ... More
The NFL’s Washington franchise has announced it will be temporarily known as the “Washington Football Team” during the 2020 season. Last week, the franchise retired its old name -- the "Redskins" -- after years of protests from Indigenous people. ... More
Washington, July 24 (RHC)-- The U.S. recorded more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, marking the third-straight day the nation passed that grim milestone as the pandemic escalates in southern and western states.... More
Havana, July 24 (RHC)—Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has sent a video message to the multinational television network teleSUR on its 15th anniversary, on July 24.... More
Washington, July 24 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Jacksonville, Florida, that had been set to draw more than 10,000 people to a pandemic hot spot to mark his renomination.... More
Havana, July 24 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported three new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,469 positive cases across the island. ... More
Havana, July 24 (RHC)-- Cuba's Public Health Minister Dr. Jose Angel Portal stressed Thursday that, although the island is advancing to the post-COVID-19 stages, the danger of the pandemic still prevails, and greater responsibility is necessary.... More
Beijing, July 24 (RHC)-- China has ordered the United States to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, retaliating against Washington's move earlier this week to shut down the Chinese consulate in the Texas city of Houston.... More
Brasilia, July 23 (RHC)-- The number of global COVID-19 cases has now topped 15 million. On Wednesday, Brazil set a new single-day record with nearly 68,000 new cases and almost 1,300 deaths. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has extended his two-week quarantine after testing positive again for the coronavirus. ... More
Washington, July 23 (RHC)-- For a second day in a row, the United States reported more than 1,100 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. The New York Times reports nearly 60,000 people are now hospitalized for COVID-19 across the country, nearly eclipsing the number of hospitalizations during the peak of the pandemic in April. ... More
Santiago de Chile, July 23 (RHC)-- Chilean lawmakers punched the air and waved the national flag in Congress on Thursday after giving final approval to a government-contested bill to allow citizens to withdraw 10 percent of their pension savings to help ease the economic pain wrought by the novel coronavirus outbreak.... More
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