Kazan, February 21 (PL)-- Although competitions have been taking place for three days as part of the first Russia 2024 Future Games, athletes and spectators are awaiting the official opening of the Games today in the city of Kazan.... More


The Hague, February 21 (RHC)-- The United States has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it should not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories without security guarantees.... More


London, February 21 (RHC)-- Lawyers for the United States have urged a London court to block a last-ditch bid by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal his extradition from the United Kingdom to face espionage charges.  On the second and final day of a hearing at London’s High Court on Wednesday, lawyers representing the U.S. said Assange is being prosecuted for publishing sources’ names and not for his political opinions.... More


Havana, February 21 (JIT) - The director of high performance at the Cuban Sports Institute (Inder), José Antonio Miranda, said in Havana that Cuba aspires to remain an Olympic power.... More


Havana, February 21 (JIT) - Almost 30 coaches from seven countries will participate in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Level I International Course, which will take place from the 21st to the 25th at the national school of this sport.... More


Havana, Feb 21 (RHC) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, today denounced the critical health situation caused by the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, which he defined as a policy of extermination.... More


London, February 21 (RHC)-- In London, a critical appeal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is underway at the British High Court of Justice, in what could be Assange’s last chance to stop his extradition to the United States. ... More


Havana, Feb 21 (RHC) The new Transportation Engineering major was created in Cuba, by Cienfuegos’s Carlos Rafael Rodríguez University, also covering students from the provinces from Havana to Camagüey in the Day Course modality.... More


Cuba will celebrate Press Days

Havana, Feb 21 (RHC) Communication professionals from Cuba will celebrate Press Days from March 5 to 20, in the context of the 132nd anniversary of the Patria Newspaper, founded by National Hero José Martí.... More


United Nations, February 21 (RHC)-- Alarm bells are being sounded by the UN’s children agency (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Program following the publication of a new report on malnutrition in Gaza.  “We’ve been warning for weeks that the Gaza Strip is on the brink of a nutrition crisis,” UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action Ted Chaiban said.... More


Havana, Feb 21 (RHC) The Cuban government this Tuesday appointed the president of the National Assembly of People's Power, Esteban Lazo, as High-Level Special Envoy, to clarify the situation of two doctors kidnapped since twenty nineteen in Kenya.... More


Rafah, February 21 (RHC)-- Authorities of the war-torn Gaza Strip have warned that as many as 700,000 people could starve to death north of the Palestinian territory as Israel severely restricts humanitarian aid to the densely populated territory.... More


Geneva, February 21 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) says Israel’s military forces are hindering medical rescue missions to the besieged Nasser Hospital, whose condition is “indescribable.”... More


Beirut, February 20 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas condemns "in the strongest terms" the United States' recent vetoing of a draft resolution aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war.... More


The Hague, February 20 (RHC)-- South Africa told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and its occupation is “inherently and fundamentally illegal.”... More


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