Havana, April 28 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 48 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,437 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Havana, April 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called on Tuesday to honor health workers during the May 1st International Workers' Day celebrations.... More


Havana, April 28 (RHC)-- According to the dean of the Mathematics Faculty of the University of Havana, Raúl Guinovart Díaz, COVID-19's peak is expected to take place next week in Cuba.... More


New York, April 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, the White House’s coronavirus task force coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, says that social distancing will likely last through the summer, even as a growing number of states are preparing to reopen parts of the economy. ... More


Havana, April 27 (RHC)-- The Cuban Ministers of Public Health of Foreign Trade and Investment along with the Deputy Minister of Health in charge of international cooperation appeared on the prime time TV program La Mesa Redonda, The Round Table.  ... More


Havana, April 27 (RHC)-- Since the announcement of the regulations on travel to and from Cuba, a measure adopted by Cuban authorities as part of the National Plan for the Prevention and Confrontation of COVID-19 as of March 20th, more than 2,000 Cubans have returned to national territory, by air and sea, from more than a dozen countries.... More


Videos of the journalist’s arrest were released on social networks showing how he was forced into the police van.  (Photo: Twitter @PaoladrateleSUR)

Santiago de Chile, April 27 (RHC)-- Cuban news agency Prensa Latina’s reporter Damian Trujillo was detained Sunday in Santiago de Chile during a protest marking the day on which the country’s constitutional referendum would have taken place, had it not been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.... More


In Tel Aviv, a reported 2,000 demonstrators took part in the protest.  (Photo: AFP)

Tel Aviv, April 27 (RHC)-- Several thousand Israelis demonstrated over the weekend against a unity government deal reached between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival parliament speaker Benny Gantz.... More


London, April 27 (RHC)-- More than 20 thousand pounds sterling (about 25 thousand U$D) were raised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) in the United Kingdom to help the Caribbean island fight the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, thanked his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, for responding to his call in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and expressed that they will always be grateful to the Cuban people.... More


Havana, April 27 (RHC)-- Top authorities of Havana's Provincial Defense Council, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, and Reinaldo García Zapata, president and vice president, respectively, toured on institutions in the capital linked to the health system that are in the front line of the fight against COVID-19.... More


San Francisco, April 27 (RHC)-- People in cities around the United States took part in a “Cancel the Rent” car protest Saturday.  The action was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation. ... More


Brussels, April 27 (RHC)-- The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus has topped 207,000 with around 3 million confirmed cases across the globe.  ... More


Havana, April 27 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 20 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,389 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Madrid, April 27 (RHC)-- As of this Sunday, almost six million children under 14 years of age began to walk down streets and public spaces in Spain, in a relief from the confinement to which they have been subjected to for more than 40 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.... More


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