China ratified Monday that nothing can destroy its sincere friendship with Cuba no matter how much the United States misinforms and defames, in rejection of allegations about the alleged construction of a spy center on the Caribbean island.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wished Pope Francis a speedy recovery from the abdominal surgery that he underwent Wednesday and reasserted his admiration and respect for the Supreme Pontiff.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz heads the delegation that will participate for the first time in person at the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council to be held on June 8 and 9, in Sochi, Russia.

The Cuban Meteorology Center (Insmet) issued its Tropical Storm Advisory One on the formation in the northern Gulf of Mexico of Tropical Depression two of the current hurricane season, which runs June 1 to November 30.