Havana, July 17 (RHC)-- Cuba presented during a virtual forum of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) its experience in the use of television to guarantee the continuity of the educational process in the midst of COVID-19.... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- The United States has shattered its own record for COVID-19, confirming 75,600 cases of the disease on Thursday, as Texas and Florida both reported their highest death tolls of the pandemic. ... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump is under fire for violating government ethics rules after she tweeted a photo of herself endorsing Goya Foods while clutching a can of black beans. ... More
New York, July 17 (RHC)-- Twitter says it’s investigating a “coordinated social engineering attack” that saw the accounts of prominent politicians and celebrities briefly hacked on Wednesday. The accounts of former President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates tweeted out messages linked to a cryptocurrency scam. ... More
United Nations, July 17 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning of a looming environmental disaster in the Red Sea, where a stricken oil tanker has been abandoned off Yemen’s coast since the start of civil war five years ago. ... More
London, July 17 (RHC)-- In Bristol, England, a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston toppled by protesters last month has been replaced -- with a tribute to a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. ... More
Minneapolis, July 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Minneapolis, newly released police body camera footage reveals devastating new details of George Floyd’s killing on Memorial Day, showing that officers pulled a gun, swore at George Floyd to “get out of the f—ing car,” as he wept and pleaded, “Please don’t shoot me.” ... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- The White House is distancing itself from President Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro, who accused top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci of being “wrong about everything” related to the pandemic. ... More
Canberra, July 17 (RHC)-- The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society announced that it is sending a digital appeal to the Caribbean island to help it deal with COVID-19.... More
Vienna, July 17 (RHC)-- Cuba participated in a virtual meeting of the Group of Friends of the Nelson Mandela Rules and reaffirmed its commitment to the guidelines adopted by the UN General Assembly in tribute to the former South African president, the island's embassy in Austria published today on Twitter.... More
Oklahoma City, July 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt has become the first U.S. governor to test positive for coronavirus. ... More
Birmingham, July 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey has issued a statewide mask order until the end of July, reversing months of opposition to a mask mandate. Alabama hospitals reported 47 deaths on Wednesday — another single-day record. ... More
Houston, July 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. continues to shatter coronavirus records, with 41 U.S. states recording increasing cases of COVID-19. More than 67,000 new cases were reported Wednesday, nearly tying the previous daily record. ... More
Havana, July 17 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed his confidence in the triumph of the people over the difficulties in the international socioeconomic context, based on the application of the government's strategy to face the post-COVID-19 crisis.... More
Havana, July 17 (RHC)-- More than 35,000 tests, between real time PCR and rapid tests per million inhabitants, have been applied in Cuba in order to detect the greatest number of cases with Covid-19 in the Caribbean nation.... More
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