Tehran, March 28 (RHC)-- Iran rejects reports that the United States has agreed to grant sanctions waivers to certain countries in order to open up the way for the Islamic Republic to access frozen assets and buy medical supplies and equipment needed to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus.... More
Washington, March 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has said he might prohibit travel in and out of the New York area to limit the spread of the coronavirus from its United States epicenter, as the death toll in the country surged past 2,000. ... More
New York, March 28 (RHC)-- Politico reports the White House failed to follow hundreds of pandemic response guidelines laid out in a 69-page National Security Council playbook, squandering more than two months when the federal government should have mobilized to test for new infections while procuring life-saving medical equipment. ... More
New York, March 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S., three unaccompanied immigrant children have tested positive for COVID-19 as they remain in custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in New York. Five staff members and one staff contractor at three separate facilities in New York also recently tested positive. ... More
Madrid, March 28 (RHC)-- Spain's death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped to 5,690 on Saturday, with 832 patients dying in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.... More
Havana, March 28 (RHC) – The duet Buena Fe invites its fans to enjoy a concert for life and hope... More
Moscow, March 28 (RHC)-- Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reiterated her country's call to lift the illegal economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela, which they consider as a "genocide tool" in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Gaza City, March 28 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes have conducted several airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip, targeting a number of areas in the northern parts of the Palestinian coastal enclave. ... More
Havana, March 28 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel asked the population to avoid unnecessary outings this weekend to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 through social isolation.... More
Washington, March 28 (RHC)-- The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the United States hit almost 104,000 early on Saturday, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, with the number of fatalities close to 1,700, pushing the global death toll up to 27,324.... More
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Brasilia, March 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested -- without a single shred of evidence -- that Brazilians may have a natural immunity to COVID-19, while promoting an advertising campaign against social distancing measures to fight the new coronavirus.... More
New York, March 28 (RHC)-- With intensive care beds and life-saving ventilators increasingly in short supply, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for federal authorities to ship an additional 15,000 of the life-saving devices — half of the 30,000 he says are needed to keep critically ill patients breathing.... More
Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- The Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda announced Friday that "the first local transmission event in the country of COVID-19 was reported in the municipality of Cárdenas, in the province of Matanzas.... More
Havana, March 27 (RHC)-- Cuba's Council of Ministers has created a temporary working group charged with presenting new measures to strengthen the confrontation with COVID-19, official sources said Friday.... More
Havana, March 28 (RHC)-- The uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has created in international trade is expected to have a considerable impact on the economic situation in Cuba, already affected by the reinforcement of the U.S. blockade.... More
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