Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- Under enormous pressure, the Trump administration has finally begun releasing details on who benefited from a $660 billion relief program that was supposed to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More


San Francisco, July 8 (RHC)-- Anti-Asian American hate incidents are soaring across the United States following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. ... More


Phoenix, July 8 (RHC)-- Outrage is mounting in Phoenix, Arizona, over the fatal police shooting of 28-year-old James Porter Garcia while he was in a parked car in a residential driveway over the weekend.... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- CNN is reporting a draft document to ban the display of Confederate flags at military bases has been circulating at the Pentagon.  ... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is considering banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps.  Pompeo suggested TikTok users could be handing over their private data to the Chinese Communist Party. ... More


Berlin, July 8 (RHC)-- Lawmakers in Germany voted to phase out coal use entirely by 2038 — the first major economy to make such a commitment.  ... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The president of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, spoke on Wednesday at the World Leaders' Day of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work -- which is being held virtually with the participation of heads of state and government, and prominent global employer and trade union leaders.... More


Bogotá, July 8 (RHC)-- Colombian President Ivan Duque has rejected the National Liberation Army's (ELN) proposal for a "bilateral ceasefire for 90 days."... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus.... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were four new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,399 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is participating this Wednesday in the virtual World Leaders' Day of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work, together with heads of state and government and prominent global employer and trade union leaders.... More


United Nations, July 7 (RHC)-- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has written to the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urging the body to come in the way of a plan announced by Israel for annexation of significant portions of the occupied West Bank.... More


Washington, July 7 (RHC)-- U.S. health official Anthony Fauci said that the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States "is really not good" and a "serious situation that we have to address immediately."... More


India death tolls exceeds 20,000

New Delhi, July 7 (RHC)--- India's death toll has surpassed 20,000 as the country moves ahead with plans to relax its nationwide lockdown.... More


Beijing, July 7 (RHC)-- Beijing has reported no new cases of coronavirus for the first time since an outbreak emerged at the Chinese capital's main wholesale market last month.... More


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