London, March 19 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered schools closed across the United Kingdom beginning Friday. Johnson reversed course this week after initially favoring a strategy to let the virus burn rapidly through the population in order to build “herd immunity.” ... More
Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has blocked a Trump rule that would have thrown 700,000 people off of food stamps, known as SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The rule would have required affected recipients to work at least 20 hours a week in order to qualify for food stamps beyond the first three months. ... More
Brasilia, March 19 (RHC)-- In Brazil, the two men accused of assassinating Rio de Janeiro councilmember and activist Marielle Franco will face a jury trial. A Brazilian judge also decided former military police officers Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Queiroz will be tried for the killing of Franco’s driver and the attempted killing of a former Franco aide who were in the car at the time of the ambush. ... More
Rome, March 19 (RHC)-- The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe is nearing 9,000, with over 221,000 confirmed cases, as governments around the world increasingly shut down economies and locked down cities to slow the spread of the disease. ... More
Bogota, March 19 (RHC)-- Two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), Belle Carrillo and Irnel Florez, were killed Tuesday in the department of Caqueta, in southwestern Colombia, marking 18 deaths so far in 2020.... More
Guayaquil, March 19 (RHC)-- Guayaquil authorities blocked the airstrip of the airport in the Ecuadorian city on Wednesday to prevent the arrival of a plane from Spain on the suspicion that it was carrying passengers infected with COVID-19.... More
Havana, March 19 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez highlighted on Thursday the coordinated work of his country and the United Kingdom for the return of the passengers of the MS Braemar cruise ship, with five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.... More
Nairobi, March 19 (RHC)-- Countries in Africa are making every effort possible to avoid a possible spread of the coronavirus on the continent as the pandemic is currently ravaging the whole world with particularly violent outbreaks in China and Europe, Reuters reports.... More
New York, March 19 (RHC)-- U.S. hospitals are reportedly grappling with a shortage of personal protective equipment as the coronavirus crisis deepens across the country. One of the country’s top cancer hospitals, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, has informed its staff it has a shortage of masks and other personal protective equipment, or PPE, even as at least five employees and three patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus, COVID-19, American news website, BuzzFeed News said.... More
Guatemala City, March 19 (RHC)-- Guatemala’s government has announced that it will temporarily stop receiving Hondurans and Salvadorans deported from the United States under the asylum cooperation agreement due to the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Havana, March 18 (RHC)—The repatriation to the U.K of some one thousand travelers who were on board the MS Braemar cruise ship was underway Wednesday evening.... More
Havana, March 18 (RHC)-- On Wednesday evening, Cuba confirmed 11th COVID-19 case. According to prime time national TV news, the case is a 57-year-old Canadian male who was identified in the eastern Holguín Province, who flew there from Canada on March 14.... More
Tehran, March 18 (RHC)-- Iran has lashed out at Washington for “vengefully” refusing to lift its “unlawful and collective punishment” amid the country’s battle against the COVID-19 outbreak, stressing all countries need to work together if they seek to emerge victorious against the fatal pandemic.... More
Brasilia, March 18 (RHC)-- Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have been hit by a wave of pot-bangings in their main neighborhoods to demand the removal of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. "Bolsonaro out," shouted hundreds of people from their windows and balconies as they were hitting their pots and pans.... More
Baghdad, March 18 (RHC)-- The U.S. military in southern Iraq is moving troops to larger bases to better protect them. This move comes after a series of rocket attacks hit a base where Americans are stationed.... More
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