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Washington, July 22 (RHC)--The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California, approved a resolution promoting medical and scientific collaboration with Cuba to fight against Covid-19, a diplomatic source reported today.... More


Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has blocked undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census that will determine congressional representation across the United States.... More


Madrid, July 22 (RHC)-- Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Catalonia was coming under control and she hoped there would be no need for France to close the border.... More


Brasilia, July 22 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has had another positive result for the novel coronavirus in the third test he has taken since falling ill on July 7, a secretariat of the communications ministry said.... More


New York, July 22 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a former Fox Business producer has filed a lawsuit accusing recently fired Fox News anchor Ed Henry of raping her.  ... More


St. Louis, July 22 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, a white St. Louis couple who pointed guns at antiracist protesters who marched in front of their mansion last month have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon. ... More


Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- The journalist and political commentator Michael Brooks has died suddenly at the age of 37.  He hosted the online program “The Michael Brooks Show” and worked with “The Majority Report” and Jacobin. ... More


Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- Cuban Tourism Minister, Juan Carlos Garcia, says the island is ready to receive travelers from all over the world, because of the health protection it offers.... More


Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- More than 5,000 Cubans stranded abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic have returned to the country, Ernesto Soberon, director-general of Consular Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.... More


Caracas, July 22 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Mikel Moreno, has rejected the latest U.S. attack that accused the judge of alleged corruption.  And Washington puts a price on the head of Venezuelan Supreme Court president.... More


Washington, July 22 (RHC)-- The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, said during a virtual press briefing on COVID-19 that the pandemic "shows no signs of slowing down" in the Americas region.  Almost 900,000 new cases were reported in the last week.... More


Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 13 new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,462 positive cases across the isla... More


Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- With the arrival of Cuban health experts to Montserrat, a British territory in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, there are now 16 medical brigades in that geographic area working to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.... More


Beijing, July 22 (RHC)-- Beijing will respond strongly to the closure of the Asian country's consulate in Houston, Texas by giving its staff 72 hours to leave the country, Bloomberg reports.... More


Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated the director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, Francisco Durán, on Tuesday, for receiving the Barrio 2020 award, granted by the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), the island´s largest neighborhood organization in the country.ç... More


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