Traffic accidents continued to claim lives in Cuba with a total of 615 by the end of October, an average of eight fatal victims in every 10 accidents, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.

The president of the Red Cross International Committee Peter Maurer is paying a working visit to Cuba on Monday, November 23.

Representatives of the University of Guantanamo and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico, expressed their willingness to strengthen projects of common interest under the agreement signed in 2014 between these institutions.

The Executive Committee of the World Peace Council is meeting in the eastern Cuban city of Guantanamo.

Cuban deputy Tourism minister Mayra Alvarez said in Beijing that the Beijing-Havana direct flights to start December 27 will favor the increase of Chinese tourism to Cuba and the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Cuba was elected member of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which examines the state of conservation of sites on the World Heritage List.

Cuba and Mexico signed on Wednesday in this capital a protocol of international cooperation that will allow for the exchange of experiences in the fields of agriculture and education.

Cuba and the United States signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding for the protection of their marine and coastal resources, the first agreement signed on environmental issues since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between both countries.

Cuba reiterated at the United Nations its call for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Over 75 percent of premature children in Cuba are saved, said Doctor Andres Morrilla, head of the National Neonatology Department.

The 8th International Meeting of Information and Communication Researchers and Scholars (ICOM 2015), which will be held in Havana on December 7-11 to discuss the media information generated in the South, will be attended by 200 specialists from 20 nations.

Cuban Water Resources authorities are implementing a national program against drought with strong impact in eastern provinces, such as Guantanamo and Sancti Spiritus, where the natural phenomenon has inflicted severe damage.

Cuban President Raul Castro visited the French embassy in Havana to sign the book of condolences for the victims of the terrorist attacks perpetrated November 13 in Paris.

Cuba was the country chosen for the Caribbean region to participate in the 40th International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), to be held in Thailand on May 2016.

Havana, declared one of the seven World Wonder Cities, is marking its 496th birthday on Monday.