Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- Face masks that were being sold on Amazon of George Floyd’s murder has since been taken down. The masks depicted former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck.... More
Ciego de Avila, June 9 (RHC)-- The president of the Italy-Cuba Friendship Association, Irma Dioli, confirmed the support of her organization for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Henry Reeve Cuban Medical Contingent.... More
Brasilia, June 9 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that President Jair Bolsonaro's Health Ministry must revert to releasing the full set of data on coronavirus death infection rates it had previously made available.... More
Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- As historic protests continue to sweep the country two weeks after the police murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis City Council has announced it would move to disband the city’s police department. ... More
Washington, June 9 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser had the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on a section of 16th Street that leads to the White House. The words — in giant, yellow capital letters — span more than a block and are visible in satellite photos from space. ... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- Protests intensified around the world, as crowds poured into the streets in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Tunisia, among many other places. Protesters gathered in front of U.S. embassies in some capitals, as they demanded an end to police brutality and racism in both the U.S. and their own countries. ... More
New York, June 9 (RHC)-- In media news, The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet has resigned following outcry from staff and readers over the publication of an op-ed by Republican Senator Tom Cotton about the protests called “Send in the Troops.” ... More
Ottawa, June 9 (RHC)-- In Canada, Indigenous leaders are demanding an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an Indigenous woman during a wellness check. Twenty-six-year-old Chantel Moore was killed Thursday in Edmundston, New Brunswick, by an officer who had responded to a call from one of Moore’s loved ones. ... More
In the current study, published in the journal Cell Systems, the researchers assessed the blood component called plasma in COVID-19 patients for 'biomarkers' which could provide a reliable way to predict disease progression and severity.... More
In trials, more than 2,000 people have received vaccines developed by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and the Beijing Institute of Biological Products. A vaccine could be ready for the market as early as the end of this year or early 2021, according to the May 29 post on Chinese social media platform WeChat.... More
Minneapolis, June 9 (RHC)-- George Floyd's family has appealed to the United Nations to intervene in his case and to send recommendations for systemic police reform in the United States, CNN reported.... More
Stockholm, June 9 (RHC)-- "The world is full of idiots," said ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus, as he condemned critics of the Black Lives Matter movement and voiced his support of the worldwide protests against racism and police brutality.... More
London, June 9 (RHC)-- The toppling by anti-racism protesters of a statue of a slave trader Edward Colston in the English port city of Bristol has given new urgency to a debate about how Britain should confront some of the darkest chapters of its history.... More
Cuban musician Wil Campa is these days promoting his latest album titled ‘Zapato Nuevo’, released under the label of the Cuban Record and Musical Editions Company EGREM.... More
Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez will participate in the "High Level Conference on Economy, Finance and Trade in the Framework of COVID-19" -- convened by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America - People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP).... More
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