Santiago de Cuba, Nov 19 (RHC) - The Cuban national soccer team qualified for the preliminaries of the Gold Cup 2025, after defeating its similar team from St. Kitts and Nevis at the Antonio Maceo Stadium in Santiago de Cuba.... More
Managua, November 19 (RHC)-- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has offered China the proposal to construct an interoceanic canal through the Central American country, this time with a new route. Instead of crossing the Great Lake, or Lake Cocibolca, the canal would pass through Lake Xolotlan, also known as Lake Managua.... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- U.S. senators will vote Wednesday on whether the U.S. should halt $20 billion of arms sales to Israel. Bernie Sanders introduced the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval as the Biden administration has continued to violate U.S. laws that prohibit the transfer of weapons to governments committing human rights violations.... More
Gaza City, November 19 (RHC)-- In northern Gaza, at least 17 Palestinians were killed when Israel’s military bombed a home near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. The dead were members of the family of Dr. Hani Badran, one of the few remaining medical workers at Kamal Adwan. ... More
United Nations, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ special coordinator for the Middle East peace process has warned the Security Council that conditions in Gaza are “among the worst we’ve seen during the entire war and are not set to improve.” ... More
Havana, Nov 19 (RHC) Cuban artist Emilio Wong Ramírez, representing the island, delivered a lecture at a local elementary school in China today, as part of a cultural exchange program organized by the Cuba Cultural Exchange Center of the China-Latin America Industrial Park.... More
Havana, Nov 19 (RHC) The Cuban Minister of Science, Technology, and Environment, Armando Rodríguez, met with the Azerbaijani Minister of Science and Education, Emin Amrullayev.... More
Beirut, November 19 (RHC)-- Israeli strikes on densely populated central Beirut have killed at least five people in the third attack in two days in the middle of Lebanon’s capital, the Ministry of Public Health says. “The Israeli enemy strike on Zuqaq al-Blat in Beirut killed five people and injured 24,” a ministry statement said about Monday’s attack.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 19 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, while also stressing the need for cooperation on climate change, poverty reduction, and taxing the ultrarich.... More
Havana, November 19 (RHC)-- The president of the National Defense Council and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged on Monday the authorities of the provinces affected by hurricanes and strong earthquakes to speed up the recovery of housing and basic services. During a meeting to evaluate recovery actions, it was learned that the western province of Artemisa, hit by Hurricane Rafael, has restored nearly 60 percent of its electricity service.... More
Caracas, November 19 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has endorsed the Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, after the approach of the Brazilian president Lula da Silva at the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, which takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro.... More
Baku, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has entered its second and final week. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., more details have emerged about a sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host picked by Donald Trump to become defense secretary. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, House Republicans are attempting once again to ram through H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow Trump and future presidents to effectively shut down nonprofits by labeling them a “terrorist-supporting organization.” ... More
el Aviv, November 19 (RHC)--An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian journalist Rasha Herzallah to six months in prison and fined her 13,000 shekels ($3,300), as the regime continues its vicious attacks on press freedom, including the targeting of media professionals, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.... More
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- United States votes against UN resolution in favor of the Palestinian people to self-determination
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- Annual solidarity conference of National Network on Cuba underway in U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan
- World Bank reports Israel’s aggression inflicts $8.5 billion in economic losses on Lebanon
- ELAM Alumni Congress concludes in Cuba
