Beijing, April 8 (RHC)-- In China, an 11-week lockdown has ended in the city of Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began. For the first time since January, residents have been allowed to leave their homes without special authorization. ... More
San Francisco, April 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of San Francisco, protesters encircled the headquarters of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in their cars, demanding that officials expedite the release of people held in immigration jails. ... More
Nashville, April 8 (RHC)-- In the United States, one of America’s greatest songwriters, John Prine, died Tuesday at a Nashville hospital of COVID-19. ... More
The Americas is home to 30% of the world’s nurses, or some 8.4 million people, of whom 87% are female. However, 87% of all nurses in the Region are concentrated in just three countries, which account for 57% of the total population.... More
Warning that cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have doubled in a week in the Region of the Americas, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne has urged countries to take measures that protect health care workers to ensure they have access to the personal protective equipment and supplies they need to care for patients affected by the disease. ... More
Havana, April 8, 2020 (RHC) – Renowned Cuban singer-songwriter, Descemer Bueno, has published on his official Facebook account his desire that the US government lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the island... More
Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, running an uphill battle against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, has dropped out of the race.... More
As businesses lose revenue, unemployment is likely to increase sharply, transforming a supply-side shock to a wider demand-side shock for the economy.... More
New York, April 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. chapter of the Cuban Network in Defense of Humanity issued Tuesday a letter expressing “heartfelt solidarity with the people of Venezuela and its only legitimate President Nicolas Maduro Moros in this hour of danger.”... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- Cuba's Minister of Public Health, José Angel Portal Miranda, reported Wednesday morning that 61 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, for a cumulative total of 457 positive patients in the country.... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)// Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla expressed Cuba's support for former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who was sentenced to eight years in prison and politically ineligible for 25 years in the case known as Sobornos (Bribery in Spanish).... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and one of the Five Cuban anti-terrorists who were imprisoned in the United States, was promoted to Deputy National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution -CDR-,... More
Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Cuba, Jose Moya, weighed up the successful measures taken by the island in the fight against COVID-19.... More
London, April 8 (RHC)-- Conditions in London's Belmarsh Prison, where Julian Assange is being held, might be worse than officials are willing to admit, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told RT, adding that COVID-19 could swiftly tear through the facility.... More
Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to hold back funding to the World Health Organization, potentially leaving the agency without support from its largest donor as many of its 194 members are being ravaged by the coronavirus.... More
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