China announced sanctions against the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as part of the response to her visit to Taiwan, and accused her of threatening regional peace and stability.

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China has warned that it will apply sanctions against United States personnel and entities in response to the enactment of a law which retaliates for alleged violations in Hong Kong, which Beijing describes as meddling in internal affairs. Read more China will respond with sanctions to US law on Hong Kong
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Cuba advanced directly and undefeated to the semifinal stage of the 2019 Women´s U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup, which takes place at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru. Read more Cuba Reaches Semifinals in Women´s U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup
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Cuba will attend the 32th Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games with the objective of improving its results from the previous event, Rio de Janeiro-2016, said on Friday the first vice-president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), Raul Fornes. Read more Cuba to seek better Rio-2016 results at Tokyo Olympics

The Financial Times called the Biden administration to ease sanctions on Cuba. In an editorial, the London-based international newspaper stressed that “the failures of the six-decades-old US embargo on Cuba to achieve political change are obvious.”

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