Cuba startled at U.S. move to redirect UN embargo resolution to spotlight Havana’s rights abuses

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters as a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, October 28, 2018 – Cuba’s foreign minister was outraged to discover that the U.S. has moved to complicate the UN’s annual Cuban-led condemnation of America, through a series of eight amendments (see in full below) tabled by Washington that would turn the tables on the regime by spotlighting…

Read complete article

~	The jury from Moldova gave highest points to Ukraine during Eurovision 2024

~	Rwanda’s role in eastern DRC conflict: why international law is failing to end the fighting

~	Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future

~	Why is my dog so cute? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

~	India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

~	Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

~	Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal

~	South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

~	Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

~	How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations