New Delhi, June 29 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases are continuing to increase across the Global South. In India, the number of COVID-19 cases has topped 500,000, and the peak of the pandemic is projected to be weeks away. Health officials warn the total number of cases could top one million by the end of the month.... More
Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release immigrant children from its “family detention centers” due to concerns over rising coronavirus infections. The order affects two immigrant prisons in Texas and one in Pennsylvania, as well as facilities housing unaccompanied minors. ... More
Havana, June 29 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, has insisted on the need to defend the truth and sovereignty of the peoples, at a time when the U.S. government is intensifying its restrictions and defamation campaigns against Latin America and the Caribbean.... More
Caracas, June 29 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has given the ambassador to the European Union 72 hours to leave the country.... More
Caracas, June 29 (RHC)-- The members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) will relaunch the ALBA Food program to meet the needs of the countries of the region, according to a virtual meeting of the organization on Monday.... More
Havana, June 29 (RHC)-- Solidarity, cooperation and complementarity will be pillars in the post-pandemic recovery of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), said Cuban deputy foreign minister Rogelio Sierra.... More
Havana, June 29 (RHC)-- Cuba, as a member of the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP), has the will and the commitment to support the work of this United Nations agency, said José Carlos Rodríguez Ruíz, the island's permanent representative to international organizations based in Rome.... More
Bogota, June 29 (RHC)-- In Colombia, outrage has erupted after seven soldiers confessed to gang-raping a 13-year-old Indigenous girl. The girl is from the Emberá Tribe. ... More
Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump approvingly retweeted a video Sunday of a man in The Villages retirement community in Florida shouting “white power” at antiracist protesters.... More
Louisville, June 29 (RHC)-- Protests against racism and police violence continued over the weekend. In Louisville, Kentucky, a gunman fired more than a dozen rounds into a crowd of protesters late Saturday, killing one person, injuring another and sending scores diving for cover. ... More
Beirut, June 29 (RHC)-- President Michel Aoun has censured Washington’s "direct interference" in the internal affairs of Lebanon, against the backdrop of comments by U.S. Ambassador to Beirut Dorothy Shea.... More
Damascus, June 29 (RHC)-- Syria has called on the United Nations to prepare a report on the legality of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union against the country under the international law and relevant Security Council resolutions.... More
Pretoria, June 29 (RHC)-- South Africa's current surge of COVID-19 cases is expected to dramatically increase in the coming weeks and press the country's hospitals to the limit, the health minister said.... More
Havana, June 29 (RHC) -- The Cuban Musical Recordings and Editing Company (Egrem) has confirmed it will celebrate Children's Day, on July 19, with an album by popular singer Haila María Mompié... More
Tehran, June 29 (RHC)-- Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of others who carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad earlier this year.... More
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