New Delhi, June 13 (RHC)-- Around the globe, as countries continue to ease on coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has topped 7.5 million, and the death toll has topped 420,000. ... More
Havana, June 13 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 5 new cases detected of COVID-19, for an total of 2,238 positive cases across the island. ... More
Beijing, June 13 (RHC)- Cuban children and youth in China paid tribute to the political legacy and the validity of Ernesto Che Guevara's thought, on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of his birth.... More
The Hague, June 12 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned a new round of American sanctions on officials probing potential U.S. war crimes, saying Washington’s “threats and coercive actions” cannot be allowed to hinder the rule of law.... More
Dallas, June 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump flew to Dallas on Thursday for a roundtable on law enforcement, meeting with officials there and causing further controversy. "It's not supposed to be a beautiful scene, but to me it was" Trump said at the event, referring to National Guard troops who went through protesters "like a knife cutting butter." ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- U.S. Army General Mark Milley, the country's top military officer, said he was wrong to have accompanied President Donald Trump on a walk to a church through Lafayette Square, where he was photographed in his combat uniform with the presidential entourage.... More
Moscow, June 12 (RHC)-- Russia has welcomed U.S. plans to pull out thousands of its troops from Germany, saying the move could help easing military and political tensions in Europe. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow “would welcome any steps by Washington to scale down its military presence in Europe.” “Such steps would undoubtedly help reduce confrontational potential and ease military and political tensions in the Euro-Atlantic region,” Zakharova said.... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has officially topped 2 million, the highest number in the world by far — but public health officials say the true number of infections is certain to be many times greater. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The White House Coronavirus Task Force has not held a daily press briefing in over a month, even though about 800 to 1,000 U.S. residents are dying of COVID-19 each day. ... More
Managua, June 12 (RHC)-- As a demonstration of the capacity and resilience of societies that assume health as a basic human right, Nicaraguan journalist Jorge Capelán described the imminent beginning of Cuba's post-COVID-19 recovery. ... More
London, June 12 (RHC)-- A new study by British researchers finds population-wide mask use could help push coronavirus transmission rates down to controllable levels. ... More
Louisville, June 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. calls are growing for the arrest of the Louisville police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old African American emergency room technician who was shot to death by police inside her own apartment in March. ... More
New York, June 12 (RHC)-- Monuments to racists, colonizers and Confederates continue to fall across the United States and around the world. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- U.S. Donald President Trump says he will “not even consider” renaming U.S. Army bases named after Confederate military officers. There are 10 such bases — all of them in Southern states. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he will hold his first campaign rally since March 2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19 — a highly symbolic day. It was on June 19, 1865, that enslaved Africans in Texas first learned they were free — two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The day is now celebrated as Juneteenth.... More
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