Jakarta, June 8 (RHC)-- Indonesia has reported nearly 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus, a new single-day high for the country that brought its total caseload past 30,000, as the government unveiled an enhanced stimulus package worth $47.6 billion to anchor the virus-battered economy.... More
Hollywood, June 8 (RHC)-- California will allow film, television and music production to resume from June 12 if conditions permit after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the governor's office announced.... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received the returning medical brigade that served in Italy for two months. Upon their arrival at the Jose Marti International Airport, the 52 doctors and nurses that saved lives in northern Italy were welcomed as heros.... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- The first Cuban medical brigade of the Henry Reeve Contingent which served for two months in northern Italy has returned victorious to Havana. They arrived Monday evening at 6:50 p.m. at the Jose Marti International Airport after a nearly 10-hour flight from Milan-Rome.... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, expressed his appreciation for the brigade of Cuban doctors who are members of the Henry Reeve Internationalist Contingent. They arrive this evening in Havana after fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Lombardy, Italy.... More
Washington, June 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly came close to deploying 10,000 active-duty troops to quell protests in Washington, DC, against police violence and systemic racism sparked by the recent police killing of unarmed, handcuffed African-American man George Floyd.... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- In a fresh blow to the UK government’s coronavirus crisis management strategy, a leading scientist has claimed that the late lockdown has “cost a lot of lives.” Professor John Edmunds, who is a member of the government-appointed Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), claimed the decision to go into lockdown later was in part due to the lack of reliable data.... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- British scientists have halted a large trial that had been exploring the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 after initial results showed no evidence of benefit.... More
Geneva, June 8 (RHC)-- The WHO has updated guidance on wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging their use in crowded situations in places where the new coronavirus is widespread. ... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters in central London by the arches that effectively connect the Foreign Office and the Treasury. ... More
Quito, June 8 (RHC)-- Indigenous-led Ecuadorean non-profit organization 'Alianza Ceibo' (Ceibo Alliance) has been awarded a major United Nations prize Friday for its years-long innovative nature-based work to fight biodiversity loss and climate change.... More
Miami, June 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, the Department of Health has confirmed 1,180 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to nearly 64,000 known cases. Florida now has a total of 63,938 confirmed cases.... More
Paris, June 8 (RHC)-- France's coronavirus death toll, the fifth-highest in the world, has gone up by 13 to 29,155, the government said. The number of people in hospital intensive care units fell by six to 1,053, a smaller decrease than the previous day but extending a steady drop in critical cases since a peak of over 7,000 in early April, according to data posted on a government website.... More
Lima, June 8 (RHC)-- As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Peru rapidly mounts, the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery outside Peru's capital has become a monument to the pandemic's devastating toll among the poor.... More
Paris, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuba denounced on Monday, at the sixth extraordinary session of UNESCO's Executive Board, the obstacle that the U.S. blockade represents to its efforts to confront COVID-19.... More
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