Seiko Hashimoto

Japan on Thursday appointed former athlete Seiko Hashimoto president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to mark greater distance from sexist remarks by the former leader that caused global indignation.

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Amistad Cuba Canada

In altruistic gesture, Canadian and Cuban friends residing in that country are coordinating actions to achieve greater effectiveness in the process of collecting resources, storing and paying for transportation.

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Music by the popular Failde Orchestra and a recognition to the iconic Sanchez family, from the municipality of Jovellanos, will be part of the ceremony to declare baseball as Cultural Heritage of the nation at the Palmar de Junco stadium, in this city (western Cuba).

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Recovery efforts underway in the city of Holguín following the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.

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MEDICINAThe Health Directorate in Holguín increases the production of Natural and Traditional Medicine, after the lack of industrial pharmaceuticals due to shortages of raw materials and packaging.

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