The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the largest free trade agreement on the planet, will be activated on January 1, 2022, confirmed today the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

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Pope Francis on Thursday denounced in Vatican City the situations of injustice and human pain in today's world. Read more Pope Francis denounces existence of injustice and human pain
The WHO has warned that COVID-19 is spreading at a worrying pace in some parts of the northern hemisphere, a few months away from the winter influenza season. Read more WHO warns of coronavirus momentum as winter looms in north
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin from the government of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon, as reported by the Holy See on Friday. Read more Pope accepts resignation of cardinal acquitted in case of abuses

A Miami federal judge has accused four major cruise companies of violating US blockade against Cuba, codified in the Helms-Burton Act, by carrying passengers to Cuba and profiting from the use of Havana port facilities.

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