Bismarck, March 27 (RHC)-- In a major victory for environmentalists and indigenous water protectors, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it permitted construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. ... More


Washington, March 27 (RHC)-- At the White House, President Donald Trump has repeated his call for the United States to reopen for business on April 12, Easter Sunday — around the time the coronavirus crisis is expected to peak in New York City. ... More


New Delhi, March 27 (RHC)-- In cities across India, police are using violence to crack down on curfew violators, beating and whipping anyone flouting a nationwide lockdown for 1.3 billion people.  Viral videos showed Indian police forcing groups of men to do squats and pushups as punishment. ... More


Geneva, March 27 (RHC)-- The director-general of the World Health Organization has urged world leaders to take strong actions to end the scourge of coronavirus sweeping the globe, as global confirmed cases approached a half a million.... More


Medical staff from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center clean and disinfect a segment of the hospital.  (Photo: AFP)

Tel Aviv, March 27 (RHC)-- Up to 40,000 people may lose their lives due to the COVID-19 disease in Israel, the regime’s health ministry predicted, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that Israelis were fully protected against the pandemic.... More


Cuba's deputy agriculture minister Ydael Perez Brito has said that among the strategies of this sector to ensure food production in the face of the challenge represented by COVID-19 are the strengthening of collection tasks and the increase in planting.... More


The Health and Foreign Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States, the ACS, held their first extraordinary meeting of the regional bloc on COVID-19 earlier this week, during which the delegations proposed joint actions to confront the pandemic.... More


Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab.  (Photo: teleSUR)

Caracas, March 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab Friday offered details on the actions his country initiated against opposition deputy Juan Guaido and others who were involved in planning a coup d'état against President Nicolas Maduro.... More


The Zaandam cruise ship is anchored shortly after it arrived at the bay of Panama City.  (Photo: Arnulfo Franco/AP Photo)

Panama City, March 27 (RHC)-- Four passengers have died on board a cruise ship carrying passengers with flu-like symptoms that has been stranded off the Pacific coast of South America for several days, the liner company said on Friday.... More


Rome, March 27 (RHC)-- Italy has reported 919 deaths from coronavirus, the highest number of fatalities any country has reported in the space of 24 hours since the outbreak began late last year.  The total number of people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Italy now stands at 9,134.... More


Washington, March 27 (RHC)-- The United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, overtaking China to lead the world in cases of COVID-19.  ... More


Omara Portuondo and Ethiel Faílde. Photo: PL.

Havana, March 27 (RHC) -- The Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, offered on Friday an online concert with flutist Ethiel Faílde to support Cuba’s struggle against Covid-19... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that as of March 26, 13 additional cases of COVID19 were confirmed in Cuba, for a total of 80.... More


London, March 27 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has tested positive for coronavirus and will be self-isolating for seven days.  The announcement came from London on Friday morning.... More


Carabinieri military police officer stands guard as military trucks wait to take away coffins in Seriate, Italy.  (Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo)

Rome, March 27 (RHC)-- Italy has yet to see the worst of the coronavirus pandemic spreading through the country, a senior health official has warned, a day after more than 700 people died in a single 24-hour period.... More


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