Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- Amnesty International has condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's comments threatening the International Criminal Court (ICC) staff and their family members for investigating alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. in Afghanistan.... More
Havana, March 19 (RHC)—The Political Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party announced Thursday its decision to modify the national yearly schedule for national historical events, to avoid the gathering of large crowds.... More
Santiago de Chile, March 19 (RHC)-- The President of Chile, Sebastián Pinera, has announced that the State of Constitutional Exception for Catastrophe will govern for 90 days amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19).... More
Brasilia, March 19 (RHC)-- For the second day in a row, ultra-right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro was the subject of protests in several Brazilian cities. The protests began in the country on Tuesday, after residents of some communities in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, from windows and balconies, shouted and pot-banging for Bolsonaro's resignation.... More
Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- The New York Times is reporting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican senators have been privately contacting conservative federal judges to urge them to retire, so they can be replaced while Republicans still control the Senate and Trump is in the White House. ... More
Havana, March 19 (RHC)—The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced Thursday a set of measures for Cuban Consular offices worldwide, given the COVID-19 pandemics.... More
Havana, March 19 (RHC) -- A group of Cuban musicians have joined the initiative of their international counterparts to do concerts through the internet... More
The virus causing COVID-19 disease is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study published on Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, a leading U.S. medical journal.... More
China has cemented its position as a global 5G leader thanks to significant operator investment and growing enthusiasm among consumers and enterprises, said GSMA, an international association of mobile operators in a report released Tuesday.... More
During Thursday’s press briefing on covid-19, Dr. José Raul de Armas Fernández, head of the group on transmissible diseases of the Cuban Health Ministry, confirmed that there are 11 cases of covid-19 in Cuba, five foreigners and six Cubans who came in contact with infected people coming from or traveling abroad.... More
Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump opened a White House press briefing on the pandemic Wednesday with a statement that took on racist and xenophobic overtones. Trump said: “I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the Chinese virus.”... More
New York, March 19 (RHC)-- On Wall Street, the Dow Jones plummeted 7% at midday on Wednesday, triggering an automatic halt to trading for the fourth time in the last two weeks. The market crash has wiped out nearly all stock market gains since President Trump took office in early 2017. ... More
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
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