Sioux Falls, April 13 (RHC)-- The coronavirus outbreak has hit workers in the U.S. food processing industry hard, with meatpacking plants reporting explosions in coronavirus cases.  ... More


Phoenix, April 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, over 700 people joined a car rally outside the privately owned Eloy Detention Center and La Palma Correctional Facility near Phoenix, demanding the immediate release of all immigrants in custody as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. ... More


Washington, April 13 (RHC)-- The United States Postal Service is appealing to Congress for $89 billion in federal grants, warning that without assistance, the coronavirus pandemic will leave the agency insolvent by September. ... More


Washington, April 13 (RHC)-- The United States has the highest recorded COVID-19 death toll in the world, topping 22,000, after it surpassed Italy’s death toll on Saturday.  All 50 states now have a disaster declaration in place for the first time in history. ... More


Vienna, April 13 (RHC)-- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plus Russia and other oil-producing nations agreed over the weekend to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10 percent of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic.... More


Vatican City, April 13 (RHC)-- Pope Francis urged popular movements and organizations this Sunday to continue their social work in the midst of the world health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.  ... More


Havana, April 13 (RHC) Cuban health authorities said 57 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed Monday, bringing to 736 the tally of patients testing positive on the Caribbean island.... More


Lizt Alfonso, her company and school, Eliades Ochoa and Jorge Perugorría. Photo: PL

Havana, April 13 (RHC) – Maestra Lizt Alfonso invites to dance a ‘son’, after the virus is defeated by promoting the video ‘Let's dance a son’ by Eliades Ochoa on the social media... More


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Havana, April 13 (RHC)--For the second consecutive year, the absolute national record for the highest temperature in Cuba has been broken, with a value of 39.3 degrees Celsius (102.74 Fahrenheit)  recorded Saturday afternoon at the Veguitas weather station in Granma province.... More


Havana, April 13 (RHC)-- As part of the country's actions to confront the expansion of the new coronavirus,  local governments have decided to strictly isolate communities in different territories and to step up screening, among other prevention and control actions.... More


Havana, April 13 (RHC)—President Miguel Diaz Canel says that Cuba has not forgotten for a second the two doctors, Assel Herrera and Landy Rodríguez kidnapped in Kenya.... More


Cuban Medical brigade heading to Togo

Havana, April 13 (RHC)—A second Cuban medical brigade has arrived in Italy to support the containment of the COVID-19, after the positive experience of the previous one which is still working in Lombardy.... More


Beijing, April 13 (RHC)-- Just out of its own fight against the coronavirus, China has sent several tons of medical supplies as well as a team of virologists and doctors that will share their firsthand experience with their Russian colleagues. ... More


New Delhi, April 13 (RHC)-- India has seen its greatest surge in new coronavirus cases since its outbreak began, counting over 1,000 infections in the space of one day, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.... More


Quito, April 13 (RHC)-- The Ecuadorean Ministry of Public Health has announced that 315 people have died due to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as well as 7,257 confirmed cases.  ... More


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