Havana, June 18 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, expressed his confidence that, because of the way in which we have worked in the country, we are in a position to move in all the provinces -- except for Havana and Matanzas -- to the first phase of the recovery stage of the disease and to advance, if we control it well, quite rapidly through the rest of the phases.... More
Brasilia, June 18 (RHC)-- Brazil’s top court has granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into anti-democratic rallies, a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said.... More
Brasilia, June 17 (RHC)-- Brazil has reported a record 34,918 new coronavirus cases, on the same day that one of the senior officials leading the country's response to the crisis claimed the outbreak was under control.... More
Albuquerque, June 17 (RHC)-- As antiracism and police brutality protests continue around the United States, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have detained several members of an armed right-wing militia after a protester was shot. The protester has been hospitalized in critical condition. ... More
Washington, June 17 (RHC)-- Reuters is reporting that the Donald Trump administration is paving the way for U.S. defense contractors to sell armed drones to governments that have previously been barred from such purchases, by reinterpreting a Cold War-era arms treaty. ... More
Amsterdam, June 17 (RHC)-- A group of investigative reporters found that nearly half of all Nigerian asylum seekers who arrived in the Netherlands last year effectively disappeared. They say most of the nearly 1,000 unaccounted-for refugees were likely forced into sex or drug trafficking. ... More
Rome, June 17 (RHC)-- Malta's Foreign Minister, Evarist Bartolo, acknowledged Cuba's contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by sending medical brigades to dozens of countries, including Europe, as in the case of Italy.... More
Geneva, June 17 (RHC)-- Pedro Luis Pedroso, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, condemned the scourge of racism and xenophobia that still persists in the 21st century in the vast majority of the world's countries.... More
Havana, June 17 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has condemned all manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia.... More
Bern, June 17 (RHC)-- The Swiss Labor Party-Party of the Workers and People's Party highlighted Cuba's solidarity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and called for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the nation's doctors.... More
Ottawa, June 17 (RHC)-- Canada, Mexico and the United States have agreed to extend restrictions to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21st.... More
Paris, June 17 (RHC)-- The number of people who died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 138 to 29,547, as the health ministry included weekly data for the death toll in nursing homes.... More
Abu Dhabi, June 17 (RHC)-- Abu Dhabi eased movement restrictions to allow citizens and residents to leave the emirate freely without a permit but have to enter it with one, the emirate's media office said in a statement.... More
Rome, June 17 (RHC)-- Coronavirus-related deaths in Italy has risen by 34, compared to 26 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency has said, while new cases have decreased to 210 from 303 on Monday.... More
Washington, June 17 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization's regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, has said the pandemic is still accelerating as the region is fast approaching four million coronavirus cases.... More
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