Havana, June 5 (ACN) --The Vegueros of Pinar del Río continued unstoppable as they began the week with a loss of combat, to continue partying at the top in the LXIII National Baseball Series and being one game away from achieving their official classification to the postseason.... More


Havana, June 5 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez is in the People's Republic of China to complete an official visit that will take place from today until Sunday, June 9th..... More


Havana, June 5 (RHC) Cuba today joins the global celebrations for World Environment Day with a broad program of activities, focused on reflecting on the loss of biodiversity and desertification.... More


Cairo, June 5 (RHC)-- Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has urged a swift end to the current humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Beirut, June 5 (RHC)-- Israeli residents and officials in the occupied Palestinian territories are on alert for extensive blazes that could be caused by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah’s firing of missiles as part of a campaign to force the regime to end its aggression on Gaza.... More


Havana, June 5 (RHC)-- Cuba celebrates World Environment Day today, focusing this year on land restoration, confronting desertification and resilience to the effects of drought, official sources reported.... More


Rome, June 5 (RHC)-- The University of Palermo in Italy has suspended its Erasmus exchange agreements with several Israeli universities, citing safety concerns.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The board of the Columbia Law Review journal – made up of faculty and alumni from the university’s law school – shut down the review’s website after editors refused to halt publication of an academic article by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that was critical of Israel.... More


Washington, June 5 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers at the House of Representatives have approved pending legislation that sanctions the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes warrant for Israeli leaders.  According to sources on Capitol Hill, this is the first of several steps that would be needed before these sanctions actually become law.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of State has prohibited former Marine Corps intelligence officer and American foreign policy critic Scott Ritter to board a flight from New York to Istanbul.... More


Geneva, June 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations has renewed its call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.  Volker Turk said in a statement released on Tuesday that in addition to the death toll in the Gaza Strip, “the people of the occupied West Bank are also being subjected to day after day of unprecedented bloodshed”.  The UN human rights chief’s words came as the Israeli military and settlers carried out new attacks in the territory.... More


Stockholm, June 4 (RHC)-- A member of the European parliament from the Swedish Social Democratic party has warned against far-right groups, just few days ahead of key EU elections.  Evin Incir, who is running for re-election, said she is “worried that the far-right, conservative and liberal groups will join forces” in the next European parliament.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)-- A global goal to triple the production of electricity from clean sources such as solar and wind power by 2030 is “ambitious but achievable,” says the world’s leading independent energy analyst.... More


Montevideo, June 4 (RHC)-- Dozens of women demonstrated on Monday in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, to demand an end to gender violence under the slogan: 'Not one less, until they stop killing us.'  They also included demands in favor of Palestine and the participants demanded that Uruguay break relations with Israel.... More


Havana, June 4 (JIT)-- With Carlos Daniel Albornoz (2,614 Elo points) and Yerisbel Miranda (2,269) as their top references in the world ranking, the teams that will represent Cuba in the Budapest Chess Olympiad 2024 were formed. ... More


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