Tropical Storm Gert downgraded to a weal tropical depression, which will dissipate over the next few hours, according to the Cuban Weather Institute.

The Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) in this eastern province is encouraging debates at communities and work centers on genre violence, as part of a program of activities marking the 63rd anniversary of the women’s organization.

Not only because to remember is to live again every August 23rd, the Federation of Cuban Women(FMC by its Spanish acronym) remembers and celebrates, without complacency, the hour of its founding, which marked a milestone in the history of its members and of the homeland.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and Joao Lourenço, President of Angola, confirmed today, in official talks, the shared interest in expanding cooperation, economic, trade and investment ties.

The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported today on the formation of tropical storm Gert.

The BioCubaFarma Business Group and the Shanxi Changgaozhihui Science & Technology Development Group Co. Ltd. signed a MOU for the realization of a clean energy project in the facilities of the Cuban biotechnological entity.

A low-pressure area located in the eastern Caribbean Sea gained in organization and became tropical storm Franklin, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h and a central pressure of 1,002 hP.

 As of 11 a.m. Sunday, a low-pressure area moving across the central Atlantic kept gaining in strength and became tropical storm Emily, with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h and a central pressure of 1,001 hP.

Cuba will continue supporting the people and government of Angola, said the president of the Caribbean nation, Miguel Diaz-Canel, in a conversation with about 200 collaborators from different sectors working in that country.

Ma Hui, ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Cuba, acknowledged in Havana the progress made in the technological conversion project for the production of newspapers and other graphic materials, which is being developed through an Eximbank credit granted by the Chinese government.

Cuban professionals conclude today in Brazil a regional course on monitoring through analytical techniques of microplastics in marine ecosystems, sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Cuba and Syria confirmed the willingness and existing opportunities in areas of common interest to further strengthen bilateral relations.

More than 200 delegates from Latin America and Europe are expected to attend the 4th International Conference on Child Protection (Proinfancia 2023), to be held at the Palco Hotel in Havana from September 27 to 29.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), recalled the foundation, 98 years ago, of the first Communist Party by student leader Julio Antonio Mella and revolutionary Carlos Baliño, an event he described as an encounter of two generations in the historic struggle for independence and social justice.

The Cuban government reiterated that it maintains a "Zero Tolerance" policy regarding any modality of human trafficking, by publishing its National Report of Cuba on Prevention and Confrontation of Human Trafficking and Protection of Victims corresponding to 2022.