Havana, June 27 (RHC)-- The XX Political Council and the X Economic Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America / People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) will take place on Monday, June 29th, according to a note published on the official site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.... More


Gaza City, June 27 (RHC)-- A senior official from the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas says armed resistance is a main tool to thwart the Israeli plan of annexing parts of the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley.... More


Buenos Aires, June 27 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez says the South American country will extend and tighten a lockdown in and around Buenos Aires following a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases.... More


Brussels, June 27 (RHC)-- The European Union is set to exclude travellers from the United States, Brazil and Russia when the bloc reopens its borders to outsiders on Wednesday, July 1st, diplomats told AFP and Reuters, citing the uncontrolled transmission of the new coronavirus in the three countries. ... More


New York, June 27 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has blocked New York state from enforcing coronavirus restrictions limiting indoor religious gatherings to 25 percent capacity when other types of gatherings are limited to 50 percent.... More


London, June 27 (RHC)-- Britain said it will lift its two-week coronavirus quarantine rule for visitors arriving from some "low risk" countries, after pressure from airlines and the tourism sector.... More


Los Angeles, June 27 (RHC)-- The Los Angeles Times is settling a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by six Black and Latinx journalists arguing the paper’s underrepresentation of people of color in the newsroom is a result of long-standing discriminatory pay practices. ... More


Washington, June 27 (RHC)--  U.S. President Donald Trump has personally requested that a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike be put back up in Washington, D.C., after protesters toppled it and set it on fire on Juneteenth.  ... More


Wilmington, June 27 (RHC)-- In Wilmington, North Carolina, three veteran police officers have been fired for misconduct after accidentally recording themselves talking about killing Black residents.  ... More


Austin, June 27 (RHC)-- The governors of Texas and Florida both ordered bars closed across their states Friday as confirmed COVID-19 cases there continue to hit record highs.  The sweeping action marks a reversal of what critics worried was a rush to reopen following coronavirus shutdowns earlier this year.  Bars are especially dangerous environments for the spread of the disease.... More


Havana, June 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has accused the United States of criminalizing the international cooperation provided by the island to confront the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Havana, June 27 (RHC) – Netflix premiered on its platform The Wasp Network and the film is being watched and commented... More


Havana, June 27 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were five new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,330 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Paris, June 27 (RHC)-- The arrival of a Cuban medical brigade on the island of Martinique, an overseas territory of France, has generated widespread media coverage highlighting the aid.... More


Havana, June 27 (RHC) --The steps taken towards a three-phase return to normalcy in Cuba are the focus of the Caribbean country's government agenda, as recovery advances throughout the territory except for the capital.... More


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