Minneapolis, June 1 (RHC)-- Protests erupted across the United States as people continued to take to the streets over the weekend following the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd by white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. Curfews have been enacted in at least 40 cities, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Seattle. The National Guard was called in to several states as protests mounted.... More
Minneapolis, June 1 (RHC)-- During protests in Minneapolis on Sunday, a truck driver barreled a tanker truck into a crowd of peaceful protesters who were occupying a Minneapolis interstate. A crowd of thousands of people parted, with many diving to avoid the wheels of the massive truck. ... More
Bogota, June 1 (RHC)-- Political figures in Colombia along with activists continue to reject and condemn the arrival Monday of U.S. Army's 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in the South American nation, to allegedly help in the fight against drug trafficking.... More
Tehran, June 1 (RHC)-- Iran's foreign minister has rebuked the United States for its brutality against African Americans, urging the entire world to wage war against racism.... More
Vatican City, June 1 (RHC)-- Pope Francis said that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns.... More
Minneapolis, June 1 (RHC)-- Journalists reporting on U.S. protests over the death of unarmed Black man George Floyd in police custody have increasingly been targeted by law enforcement. Police teargassed several journalists covering demonstrations in Minneapolis, where Floyd died Monday following his violent arrest by four white police officers.... More
Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- The mayor of U.S. capital city of Washington, DC has blasted President Donald Trump as “afraid/alone” while hiding “behind his fence” and further censured what she referred to as “hundreds of years of institutional racism” in the country, marked most recently by “the murder” of yet another unarmed African American in the state of Minnesota by a white police officer.... More
New Delhi, June 1 (RHC)-- India reported more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, another record high that topped the deadliest week in the country. ... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) has requested for the Supreme Federal Court to summon President Jair Bolsonaro to declare about allegations of political interference in the affairs of the institution.... More
Brussels, June 1 (RHC)-- European governments moved to halt the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients, and a second global trial was suspended, further blows to hopes for a treatment promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump.... More
Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stated this Monday that his country has an absolute and categorical commitment to act vigorously and condemn terrorism. "There are plenty of reasons to doubt that the U.S. government can make such a categorical statement about its position on this scourge," Bruno Rodríguez said on his Twitter account.... More
Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 38 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,083 positive cases across the island. ... More
Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday morning, June 1st, condemning the inclusion of Cuba on a U.S. State Department list of countries that supposedly do not cooperate in the fight against terrorism. ... More
New York, May 31 (RHC)-- Several U.S. states have called in National Guard troops to help quell the protests, some of which have turned violent. Cities nationwide have also implemented curfews, but protesters appear undeterred.... More
Washington, May 31 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would designate Antifa as a "terrorist organization," despite concerns by legal experts, who say the president has no legal authority for such a designation and question how it would be implemented. ... More
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