Havana, April 19 (ACN).- Cuban pistol shooter Leuris Pupo, London 2012 Olympic champion and silver medalist in Tokyo 2020, will seek a medal this Friday in the Olympic Qualifying Rifle and Pistol Championship, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.... More


Havana, April 19 (ACN) -- The Cuban beach volleyball duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo divided honors with teams from Germany and Mexico, in group D of the main draw at the Elite 16 tournament in Tepic, based in Mexico, and this Friday they will face the US team Partain-Benesh.... More


Havana, April 19 (ACN) - The top of the National Baseball Series continued to be tinged with green when the leaders Vegueros de Pinar del Rio defeated the Cocodrilos de Matanzas for the second consecutive day, this time by a 14-3 score.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC) Representatives of Cuba and Mongolia spoke today about the development of biotechnology on the Caribbean island based on agriculture and livestock, as well as bilateral cooperation related to these sectors.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC) The Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Marcelo González, and managers of Yaden Laboratories exchanged in Colombo about the existing relations between the Sri Lankan pharmaceutical manufacturer and institutions of the Caribbean nation.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC) The communist parties of Cuba and Chile ratified the will to promote rapprochement and strengthen bilateral ties with the signing of an Exchange and Cooperation Agreement.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- Cuba remembers today the victory over the mercenary invasion of Playa Girón, on April 19, 1961.... More


Tehran, April 19 (RHC)-- Officials say Iran's air defense systems fired at suspicious objects in Isfahan and Tabriz early Friday.  The sound of explosions have been heard near the central Iranian city of Isfahan and Tabriz in the country's northwest after air defense systems fired at "suspicious objects" early Friday. ... More


Damascus, April 19 (RHC)-- Israeli military aircraft have reportedly carried out a string of airstrikes against positions in Syria’s southwestern provinces of Daraa and As-Suwayda as well as neighboring Iraq.... More


Tehran, April 19 (RHC)-- Explosions have been heard near the central Iranian city of Isfahan due to the activation of air defenses, informed sources say.... More


Cairo, April 19 (RHC)-- Egyptian officials have told a Qatari outlet that the U.S. has accepted Israel’s plan for an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in return for not carrying out a large strike in Iran in response to Tehran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack.... More


Tel Aviv, April 19 (RHC)-- Itamar Ben Gvir, a notorious far-right Israeli minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the jails.  The minister said in a social media post on Thursday that applying the death penalty to Palestinian detainees was the “right” solution to tackle the problem of prison overcrowding.... More


The Hague, April 19 (RHC)-- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that hearings are scheduled for April 30th and May 1st, where the lawsuit of Mexico against Ecuador, for the assault on its embassy in Quito, will be tried.... More


New York, April 18 (RHC)-- New York City police have forcibly removed a protest encampment at Columbia University and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, including Isra Hirsi, the daughter of prominent U.S. congresswoman Ilhan Omar.... More


Sunnyvale, April 18 (RHC)-- Google has fired 28 employees who protested its $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Project Nimbus provides computing services to the Israeli military.  This comes after peaceful sit-ins this week by Google workers at their New York City and Sunnyvale, California, offices, which resulted in nine arrests. ... More


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