New York, May 12 (RHC)-- The Intercept is reporting that Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx is investigating a nurse for sharing footage with the website that shows medical workers speaking out about the lack of protective equipment and critical supplies they were facing. ... More
San Diego, May 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, over a dozen immigrant women have been released from the for-profit Mesa Verde detention center in Bakersfield after they held a hunger strike demanding they be freed from the squalid facility during the pandemic. Mesa Verde is owned by the private prison company GEO Group.... More
Tehran, May 12 (RHC)-- All mosques in Iran are reopening on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions which aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the official IRIB news agency has reported.... More
Geneva, May 12 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization, the WHO, has said that "extreme vigilance" is needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, amid global concerns about a second wave of infections.... More
London, May 12 (RHC)-- Men in the lowest-skilled jobs had the highest rate of death involving COVID-19 among working-age people in England and Wales, according to data, which also showed deaths among nurses and doctors was no higher than the average.... More
New York, May 12 (RHC)-- Marriott International Inc. has reported a 92 percent slump in profit for the first quarter of 2020, as bookings plunged due to coronavirus-led travel restrictions.... More
Cuban singer-songwriter Patricio Amaro has just released a new music video for his single ‘De pie frente al camino’, which he dedicated to Cuban health professionals, who are on the front lines bringing health and hope to millions in Cuba and around the world, in times of the Covid-19.... More
Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba Maria Hevia has released a new music video for her song ‘Pasaba un angel’ on social networks, featuring Dominican singer Maridalia Hernandez.... More
Films being released online throughout 2020 are eligible for nomination to the Goya Awards in 2021, the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Spanish Academy of the Arts and Science) has announced.... More
Havana, May 12 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a virtual press conference in Havana Tuesday afternoon, revealing new information about the recent attack on our embassy in Washington, DC.... More
Havana, May 12 (RHC)-- Cuba has reiterated its demand to the United States to fully investigate the recent terrorist attack on the Caribbean nation's embassy in Washington. ... More
Georgetown, May 12 (RHC)-- The foreign affairs ministers of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reiterated their rejection to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba and called for its lifting.... More
Caracas, May 12 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, urged the Colombian government to enter into political realism, out of respect for the Colombian people and clarify the situation of the Colombian Navy's ships found in Venezuelan territory.... More
Havana, May 12 (RHC) -- The Cultural Heritage Division of the Havana Historian Office has called to celebrate International Museum Day on May 18 with a challenge: Discovering Heritage... More
New York, May 12 (RHC)-- The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise, with over 280,000 known deaths and over 4.1 million confirmed cases — though the true numbers are thought to be much higher. ... More
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