Vatican City, June 11 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has appealed for help to protect children who are being forced to work to help their families living in extreme poverty during the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Beijing, June 11 (RHC)-- A potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Chinese researchers showed promise in trials in monkeys, triggering antibodies and raising no safety issues, researchers said, and a human trial with more than 1,000 participants is under way.... More
Pretoria, June 11 (RHC)-- Coronvirus cases in Africa topped 200,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 54-nation continent has 202,782 cases and 5,516 deaths.... More
Brussels, June 11 (RHC)-- Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution.... More
Sydney, June 11 (RHC)-- The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) says the shock of the coronavirus will fuel poverty and unrest for years to come, undoing decades of progress in socio-economic development.... More
Miami, June 11 (RHC)-- The president of a Fraternal Order of Police chapter in Florida was suspended by a sheriff's office as it investigates him for a social media post over the weekend that encouraged officers linked to departments accused of using excessive force during recent protests to apply for jobs in Florida.... More
United Nations, June 11 (RHC)-- The world is facing an "impending global food emergency" that could impact hundreds of millions of people as the coronavirus pandemic threatens already strained supply chains, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned this week.... More
The remains of Cuban vedette Rosita Fornés will be laid to rest in Cuba, fulfilling the artist’s last wish, the Cuban Ministry of Culture said in a communique.... More
Cuban cartoonist and painter Arístides Hernández –better known as Ares— won the grand prix of the Young Cup “Longing for Spring” Anti-Coronavirus International Cartoon Competition (UYACC) in China.... More
The film Mambo Man, co-directed by Cuban composer and audiovisual maker Edesio Alejandro with British-Iranian filmmaker Mo Fini, has grabbed four awards at the Florence Film Awards in Italy.... More
Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 6 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,219 positive cases across the island. ... More
Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Cuban Pesident Miguel Díaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will appear this evening on the prime-time TV program "Mesa Redonda" to offer more detailed information on the phases of the recovery process that will take place in Cuba thanks to the control that has been achieved in the fight against the coronavirus.... More
Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Cuba is preparing to enter the first stage of recovery by keeping the COVID-19 epidemic under control in the national territory -- "the result of the work of all the institutions and the participation of our people, who have been an active element in the confrontation."... More
Caracas, June 11 (RHC)-- Attempts by the United States to destabilize Venezuela continue as Washington considers blacklisting dozens of ships for transporting the country’s oil, amid the impact of a pandemic, according to a Reuters report.... More
Lima, June 10 (RHC)-- Peru's Health Ministry has confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 200,000, with 5,738 deaths. A spokesman for the ministry said there were now a total of 203,736 coronavirus cases.... More
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