Five Chinese Yutong buses, powered by biomethane, will soon be operating in the communities of the western Matanzas municipality of Marti, Cubadebate reported.

All of Cuba's eastern provinces have at least one train connecting them to another territory in the region, confirmed Ana Delma Perez Acosta, general director of the Eastern Railway Company (EFO by its Spanish acronym), according to the Granma newspaper.

Regardless of creed and united around one goal―the end of the blockade―the Jacksonville branch of the US "Hands Off Cuba" Committee was born, the first in Florida's most populous city.

The Engineering Construction Company 17 (INGECO) is restoring the national highway network in the eastern province of Holguin, with the goal of facilitating passenger and freight transportation via direct routes.

The Institute of Meteorology's Forecast Center announced the formation of Tropical Storm Dexter in the low pressure area located over the western Atlantic Ocean, east of North Carolina, US.

Hua Xin, Asian nation's ambassador to Cuba, described the launch of the Cuadernos de Nuestra America (Notebooks of Our America) magazine, a special edition commemorating 65 years of bilateral relations, as a demonstration of the theoretical crystallization of the special friendship between China and Cuba.

Government Commission for Attention to Demographic Dynamics analyzed the Maternal and Child Program and early childhood centers, newspaper Granma reported.

Cuba is hosting Breastfeeding Week starting this Friday, which will run until August 7, Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) told the newspaper Granma.

A group of 118 irregular migrants (96 men and 22 women) returned to Cuba on Thursday by air from the United States through Jose Marti International Airport, in accordance with bilateral migration agreements.

A Cuban delegation will attend the 32nd Congress of the International Society of Sugarcane Technicians (ISSCT), to be held August 22-31in Cali, Colombia.

The bicentennial of Bolivia's proclamation of independence was commemorated at the headquarters of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym) with a solidarity event, days before the historic August 6, 1825.

With a plan for 2,715 hectares (ha), Pinar del Rio is increasing the areas for development in the current reforestation campaign, which runs until the end of September.

Around 100 out-of-service buses will restore service in the capital thanks to a donation from China received by the "Evelio Prieto Guillama" Bus Manufacturing Company (CAISA) in the Artemisa municipality of Guanajay.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, Cuban Vice President, urged to strengthen oversight of the contracting, marketing, and sale of agricultural products, in the province of Mayabeque .

In the context of his official visit to Switzerland, Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power, held a fraternal dialogue with Cubans residing in that European country and representatives of solidarity organizations.