The 53rd Cuban Baseball Series will begin on Nov. 3 in the central city of Santa Clara, 206 km east of the capital, the Baseball National Federation confirmed last Wednesday.»

Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel called on spiritists to defend their nacional identity, free from foreign influences, and he expressed confidence in the commitment of those religious communities to the Revolution.»

Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, scientific adviser to the Cuban Council of State, received an honorary doctorate from Lomonosov University, in the Russian capital.»

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution that establishes the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons and recognizes the political solution to the conflict, but leaves the doors opened for implementing measures of force.»

Pianist Chucho Valdes, singer Miriam Ramos, the Santiaguero Septet and the Ignacio Piñeiro National Septet are the musicians and groups representing Cuba at the competition for the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.»

Delegates to the 8th Congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) will continue to discuss social and organizational issues today during a second working day.»

Heads of State and Government from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia demanded in the UN General Assembly to lift the U.S. blockade against Cuba.»

Dozens of experts from several countries participate in the discussions of the important event.»

The earthquake that shook the Pakistani province of Baluchistan on Monday was so intense that it created a small island off the country’s coast in the Indian Ocean.»

The Fifth Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival has begun in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba, and will run until October 13 in Havana, with the participation of artists from more than 10 countries.»