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Russia and Cuba to launch logistics hub in Gulf of Mexico

Moscow eyes deeper Latin American trade links via the Caribbean nations strategic port of Mariel

Russia and Cuba are working to establish a joint logistics hub at the Caribbean nation's most significant deep-water port to boost cooperation, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

The project, aimed at streamlining trade flows between Moscow and Latin America, was confirmed on the sidelines of the S

Xinhua Headlines: U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear sites sparks fears of wider conflict

* Iran's Atomic Energy Organization confirmed early Sunday that Iran's nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were attacked again, adding that the country would not halt the development of its nuclear industry despite the attacks.

* The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites as a reckless move that violates the Islamic Republic's sovereignty, int

In the mist of the Iran crisis Cuban president calls for the elimination of all nuclear weapons

Last week, Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, called today for the total elimination of nuclear weapons as the only guarantee for peace.

In his address to the 10th session, the head of state warned that the frenzied arms race currently underway around the world threatens to destroy the human species.

Diaz-Canel stressed th

Gaza and the Undoing of Zionism

During a sabbatical I spent in West Jerusalem in the late 1980s, my 7-year-old daughter was enrolled in an Israeli school. One day, she came home and could not find her tricycle anywhere. Arabs must have stolen it, she said. We later found the tricycle behind the building, but her immediate assumption gave me pause. Just a few months in, an Israeli school had already planted seeds of anti-Arab prejudice in her young mind.

Bolivia declares national health emergency due to measles outbreak

LA PAZ, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia declared a National Health Emergency on Tuesday in response to a measles outbreak that has seen 60 confirmed cases in different parts of the South American country.

"After urgently convening the National Strategic Council for Health Emergencies, in response to the measles epidemic that the country is experiencing and the high risk of the disease spreading, we have decided to d

General Assembly Proclaims 4 December International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, Elects Members to United Nations Commission on International Trade Law