The 31st Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2013, is confirmed today as a space for the development of foreign trade and foreign investment in Cuba.»

Cuba and Belarus are assessing today some possibilities for cooperation in the metallurgy, light, and chemical spheres, as a result of the working visit to this capital of a delegation led by the island’s Deputy Industry Minister Eloy Alvarez.»

Famous for their beaches, their pleasant climate and a unique cultural heritage, the Caribbean islands are in danger of disappearing due to climate change and the consequent rise in sea level.»

A film on the life of mythical anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela got its world premier this Sunday at Rosebank Mall, in Johannesburg, and is to be screened in theatres nationwide as of Nov.28.»

After the meeting of German parliamentarian Hans-Christian Stroebele with Edward Snowden in Moscow, politicians, artists and intellectuals demanded the government of federal chancellor Angela Merkel granting political asylum to former analyst of the US secret service.»

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon starts in Mali today the African tour of the Sub-Saharan region, one of the world’s poorest areas.»

Trinidad, the third of the cities founded by Diego Velazquez in Cuba, readies to celebrate its 500 years.»

The United States and its business people are to lose more by their self-exclusion from the Special Development Zone at Mariel Port, in western Cuba, says Juventud Rebelde newspaper.»

The killing of two RFI journalists in Mali has shocked France and the whole world, proving the apparent stability of the African country was just a chimera.»

Cuban government announced some measures to keep order, discipline, and legality in the development of self-employment, a kind of non-state job fostered in the country since October 2010.»