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Cuban embassy in Washington attacked with Molotov cocktails: minister

HAVANA: Cuba embassy in Washington was attacked by a man using two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, the country foreign minister said, describing the incident as a "terrorist attack".
"The Cuban embassy in the US was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who launched 2 Molotov cocktails. The staff suffered no harm," said Bruno Rodriguez in a post on social media platform X.
This was the second attack against the Cuban mission in Washington in recent years, after a man opened fire on the building in April 2020. There were no injuries from that attack.

Russia ready for talks on Ukraine, but without ceasefire - Lavrov

UNITED NATIONS: Russia is ready for talks on Ukraine, but will not consider any ceasefire proposals because Moscow has already been deceived once, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"We are working in the real situation that has developed In March and April 2022 there were negotiations, everything was already initialed. But two days later there was Bucha (the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha - TASS), because, I think, someone in London or Washington does not want this war to end," the top diplomat said at a press conference following the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.
"That is why now, when we hear about negotiations, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin commented on it, he said very clearly: yes, we are ready for negotiations, but we will not consider any proposals for a ceasefire, because we have considered it once, but you deceived us," Lavrov pointed out.

Biden gets an updated Covid-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden received a dose of the updated Covid-19 vaccine, as well as the annual flu vaccine, his doctor said Saturday.
The president personal physician, Kevin Connor, said the US leader hoped others would follow his lead.

Pope Francis arrives in France Marseille for two-day trip: AFP

MARSEILLE: Pope Francis arrived in Marseille on Friday for a two-day visit expected to focus on the surge in migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, bringing a message of tolerance amid bitter debate over how Europe manages asylum seekers.
The French port was decked out in the yellow and white colours of the Vatican for the first visit by a pope to France second-largest city in 500 years, where he will celebrate a stadium mass on Saturday.