New York, June 12 (RHC)-- NASCAR has banned displays of Confederate flags from its events, where the white supremacist symbol has long been a fixture.  The move came just two days after NASCAR’s only top-tier African American driver, Bubba Wallace, spoke to reporters at CNN.... More


Experts say Levilimab will "buy time" for Russia before a vaccine against the coronavirus is made.... More


Cuba participates in the Mendoza 2020 Multisectoral International Business Round. The country is being represented at the virtual business meeting by ARTEX, the Company for the Commercialization of Seeds and Agricultural Products and the Center for the Promotion of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, ProCuba, reported on Twitter.... More


The National Institute of Water Resources (INRH) plans to complete construction of nine desalination plants this year, which will supply drinking water to communities with high levels of salt in their water tables.... More


Singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez has released a new album. Titled ‘Para la espera,’ the artist’s latest work is now available on the main digital platforms, including the YouTuve channel of the ministry of culture and a network of more than 100 Facebook pages.... More


EGREM presents trova, jazz albums

The Cuban record and musical editions company EGREM released some of its latest musical productions, including works by percussionist Horacio Hernández and singer-songwriter Alberto Tosca.... More


The provincial branches of the Hermanos Saiz Association and the Association of Cuban Journalists in Camaguey have called the 3rd National Colloquium on cultural journalism.... More


Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel recalled the values of revolutionary and intellectual Armando Hart (1930-2017), on the occasion of his 90th birthday.... More


Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called for the protection of children's rights on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labor.... More


New York, June 12 (RHC)-- Protests against racism and police brutality continued across the United States and around the world. ... More


Geneva, June 12 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases continue to surge in the Global South.  ... More


Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, the brother of George Floyd, whose killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers sparked a global uprising, demanded lawmakers take action to stop more deaths at the hands of police officers.  Philonise Floyd traveled to Washington, D.C., Wednesday to address the House Judiciary Committee in person.... More


Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 14 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,233 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil appeared on the Mesa Redonda prime time radio and TV program Thursday evening.  On the two-hour program, the island's top authorities announced the post COVID-19 recovery process. ... More


Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has rejected the new declarations of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which he attacks the Cuban medical cooperation abroad and the Pan-American Health Organization, PAHO.... More


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