The Washington Redskins NFL franchise will change its racist name, which it’s held since 1933. ESPN reports the team hasn’t yet decided on a new mascot but will include the military in its new name. ... More
Beijing, July 13 (RHC)-- China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on Monday sanctions against some U.S. congressmen, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio, in response to restrictions introduced by the U.S. Treasury Department against four Chinese political leaders and one entity, Reuters reports. According to the agency, the measure will also affect some U.S. companies.... More
Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump continues to attack the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci. ... More
Havana, July 13 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Monday welcomed the medical brigades of the Henry Reeve contingent to their homeland as they fought against COVID-19 in Antigua and Barbuda, Andorra and Nicaragua.... More
Havana, July 13 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were two new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,4228 positive cases across the island. ... More
New York, July 13 (RHC)-- U.S. billionaire Bill Gates said he was "optimistic" about the battle against COVID-19 and called for medicines and vaccines to be distributed to those who need them rather than to the "highest bidders."... More
Baku, July 13 (RHC)-- A contingent of 115 health specialists from the Cuban medical brigade Henry Reeve arrives today in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where they will be received by authorities from the Azeri Ministries of Health and Emergency Situations.... More
Geneva, July 12 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were in the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. ... More
Havana, July 12 (RHC)-- The first 500 Cuban-made pulmonary ventilators -- very useful in the treatment of critical and serious patients with COVID-19 -- will be ready by October.... More
Havana, July 12 (RHC)-- "Cuban doctors are neither slaves, nor exploited, nor spies, nor traitors," said Dalsy Torres Avila, head of the medical brigade of the Henry Reeve International Contingent which left today for Azerbaijan to accompany that nation in the fight against COVID-19.... More
Washington, July 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested "selling" Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which pummeled the U.S. colony in 2017, according to former acting homeland security secretary Elaine Duke.... More
Ramallah, July 12 (RHC)-- Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have created checkpoints within measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic due to increase of cases.... More
Damascus, July 12 (RHC)-- Syrian government forces have blocked three U.S. military convoys as they tried to pass through the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah, amid lingering public resentment over the deployment of occupying American troops in the regions.... More
Pretoria, July 12 (RHC)-- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients.... More
Beirut, July 12 (RHC)-- Lebanon has recorded more than 100 new infections in the last day, its highest daily increase yet, with most of the cases among workers of a cleaning company, the health minister said.... More
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