A funeral worker carrying a coffin out of a morgue in Leganes, Spain  (Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera 698)

Madrid, March 27 (RHC)-- Spain’s health ministry has announced that it has suffered another record breaking day for COVID-19 deaths as 769 people fell victim to the disease in one day.  Health officials revealed on Friday morning that the number of fatalities jumped to 4,858, while the number of confirmed infections in the country has risen from 56,188 to 64,059.... More


Kingstown, March 27 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, received on Thursday a medical brigade from Cuba that will help his country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)--The Cuban business group BioCubaFarma, says that until Thursday, it had received requests from more than 45 countries to incorporate Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b into their therapeutic arsenals against Covid-19. ... More


Havana, March 27, (RHC) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday condemned the accusations and lies launched by the U.S. government against Cuban medical collaboration abroad.... More


Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, condemned Thursday on Twitter the new accusations of narco-terrorism announced by the U.S. Department of Justice against the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros.... More


Caracas, March 27 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has slammed the U.S. government for bringing charges against the president of the South American country, saying they are meant to give the administration in Washington more electoral confidence in the run-up to the presidential elections in November.... More


A couple wear protective face masks as they walk in Tehran. (Photo: © West Asia News Agency / Ali Khara via REUTERS)

Tehran, March 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing several Iranian firms of aiding terrorism.  Meanwhile, Tehran and the UN have called for the easing of sanctions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Riyadh, March 27 (RHC)-- The group of 20 (G-20) comprising the 20 most prosperous and largest economies held Thursday a virtual summit chaired by Saudi Arabia, at the end of which the member nations expressed their confidence that the world "will overcome" the global coronavirus pandemic. ... More


Plenary Hall of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia. (Photo: Twitter/@TSEBolivia)

La Paz, March 27 (RHC)-- Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced a possible date for the next presidential elections.  The elections were supposed to be held on May 3rd, but were postponed due to the threat of COVID-19.... More


Paris, March 27 (RHC)-- France’s director general of health confirmed on Thursday that the country’s coronavirus cases have risen to 29,155, while 1,696 people have died there from the disease.... More


Baghdad, March 27 (RHC)-- At least one rocket was fired in the vicinity of the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, where the American Embassy is located, according to local reports.  Military aircraft were spotted hovering in the area shortly after.... More


A study jointly conducted by researchers from eight countries has uncovered the origin of Lyman-alpha blobs (LABs), the enormous clouds that emit mysterious ultraviolet radiation.... More


Medical personnel work inside one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures outside the hospital of Brescia, Northern Italy, Tuesday, 10 M

Robotics and automation could play an increasingly important role in combating infectious diseases such as COVID-19, according to an editorial published Wednesday on Science Robotics.... More


The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a massive toll not just on health, but on so many parts of life.... More


Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced indictments against President Nicolas Maduro and other Bolivarian officials.... More


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