Akram Mohammad Samhan, ambassador of the State of Palestine to Cuba, was decorated in Havana with the Friendship Medal, in recognition of his contribution to the strengthening of fraternal ties between the two nations.

Authorities in the Special Municipality of Isle of Youth, south of Cuba’s mainland, are taking urgent action to safeguard human lives and economic property in the face of imminent torrential rains linked to a wide low- pressure area moving near the south-western portion of Cuba.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez called today before the UN General Assembly for greater political will to address the structural and moral failures of the international system that prevent progress towards a just future, Prensa Latina reported.

The reefs around Cuba’s Isle of Youth are vibrant ecosystems full of life and color and boasting a huge potential for contemplative scuba diving, underwater photography and scientific research.

Cuba has 286 nature tourism activities approved by the National Commission of Nature Tourism, which, in addition to its geographic wealth, makes the archipelago a potential destination for rural and accessible adventures.

The Vice President of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Duc Hai, is paying an official visit to Cuba at the head of a large delegation of Vietnamese legislators.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel held talks on Thursday in Havana with Fahad Bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, Health Minister of Saudi Arabia.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel welcomed the President of the Senate of Grenada Dessima Williams on Thursday.

Participants at a forum on International Parliamentary Diplomacy adopted a final declaration of the event, attended by the President of the Cuban National Assembly of Peoples’s Power Esteban Lazo at Havana’s Capitol Building, seat of Parliament.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met in this city with Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, president of the Republic of Seychelles.

Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic, received in this city the Letters of Credence of nine new ambassadors.

The José Antonio Echeverría Technological University of Havana (CUJAE) opened its doors Monday to new students willing to engage in projects of love, fidelity and humanism despite the impact of the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

With a view to the oncoming Summit of the Future, the office of the Cuban Association of the United Nations hosted a meeting to discuss issues such as the digital and technological gap, attended by staff members of the UN Cuba Office and the Ministry of Communications (MINCOM), as well as by leaders of the Young Computer Clubs, the Young Communist League, the University of Havana, and the Union of IT Specialists.

The president of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) Esteban Lazo greeted Hammoudah Sabbagh after resulting reelected president of Syria’s Peoples Assembly.

 The 3rd International Fair of Renewable Energy is taking place at the Pabexpo exhibit hall, in western Havana, September 18-20, with the attendance of local and foreign companies in the important sector.