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Cuba: G77 Summit Calls for New Global Order

Cuba: G77 Summit Calls for New Global Order

On Saturday, the two-day Group of 77 and China (G77+China) summit concluded in Havana, Cuba, calling for countries of the Global South to have a more significant say in the global governance system....

World

Cuba Arrests 17 Over Alleged Russia-Ukraine Human Trafficking Ring

Cuba Arrests 17 Over Alleged Russia-Ukraine Human Trafficking Ring

At least 17 people have been arrested in connection with an alleged human trafficking ring that is alleged to have lured Cubans to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, the country's interior ministry said on Thursday....

Politics

Idalia Impacts Cuba Ahead of Projected 'Major' Florida Landfall

Idalia Impacts Cuba Ahead of Projected 'Major' Florida Landfall

On Monday, Tropical Storm Idalia bore down on the western regions of Cuba, bringing high winds and the threat of flash flooding and landslides.

Cuba

Cuba Calls US Submarine at Guantanamo Bay an ‘Escalation’

Cuba Calls US Submarine at Guantanamo Bay an ‘Escalation’

Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday decried the presence of a nuclear-powered submarine at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “provocative escalation.” The submarine was reportedly there Wednesday through Saturday.

Military

Report: China, Cuba in Talks To Open Military Training Site

Report: China, Cuba in Talks To Open Military Training Site

China and Cuba are in talks to build a new joint military training facility on the northern coast of the Caribbean island, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed US officials.

Military

Report: Cuba to Host Secret PRC Spy Base Focused on US

Report: Cuba to Host Secret PRC Spy Base Focused on US

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported — citing US officials familiar with highly-classified intelligence — that China and Cuba have secretly agreed to build an electronic eavesdropping facility on the Caribbean island, in another geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the US.

Military

CDC Issues Marburg Virus Advisory After Outbreaks In 2 African Nations

CDC Issues Marburg Virus Advisory After Outbreaks In 2 African Nations

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Thursday issued a health advisory about the Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, stating that healthcare providers must be on the lookout for any suspected imported cases....

Medicine & healthcare

Mexico Opens Homicide Probe into Migrant Center Fire

Mexico Opens Homicide Probe into Migrant Center Fire

On Wednesday, Mexican authorities announced a probe into the deadly blaze at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez earlier this week, as public servants and private security guards allegedly took no action to help detainees escape....

Illegal aliens

US Intelligence: Foreign Adversaries Unlikely to Blame for 'Havana Syndrome'

US Intelligence: Foreign Adversaries Unlikely to Blame for 'Havana Syndrome'

The findings of a multi-year investigation carried out by seven US intelligence agencies and released on Wednesday into the so-called Havana syndrome — a series of unexplained symptoms consistent with brain injury — cast doubt on longstanding suspicions that the hundreds of cases resulted fro...

Medicine & healthcare

Two Pakistani Citizens Released from Guantanamo After 20 Years

Two Pakistani Citizens Released from Guantanamo After 20 Years

US officials returned two Pakistani brothers to Pakistan on Thursday after detaining them at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades without charging them....

Pakistan

UK: Labour's Starmer Sets Five Missions for Government

UK: Labour's Starmer Sets Five Missions for Government

On Thursday, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer issued five missions he believes will give the UK 'its future back,' including securing the highest sustained growth in the G7, building a stronger health system, making streets safe, breaking down barriers to opportunities, and making Brit...

Politics

Google Blocking News Content From Some Canadian Users

Google Blocking News Content From Some Canadian Users

On Wednesday, Google said it's blocking approximately 4% of its Canadian users from viewing news content as a test of their response to the legislation 'Bill C-18,' also known as the Online News Act....

Culture

Florida Passes Bill to Relocate Undocumented Immigrants

Florida Passes Bill to Relocate Undocumented Immigrants

The Florida state legislature passed a bill Friday that sets aside $10M to hire contractors to pick up undocumented immigrants from anywhere in the country and transport them elsewhere. The bill passed the House two days after the Senate and now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature....

Money

Elián González Set to Become Cuban Lawmaker

Elián González Set to Become Cuban Lawmaker

Cuba's communist-party official media reported on Monday that Elián González, whose custody battle during the turn of the millennium stoked Cold War-era tensions between the US and Cuba, has been nominated to serve in the country's National Assembly.

Cuba

Guantánamo Detainee Freed to Belize

Guantánamo Detainee Freed to Belize

Majid Khan, a former al-Qaeda courier turned US government witness, has been transferred from the US-run detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Belize, nearly a year after he finished his sentence

Military bases & personnel

Guantánamo Detainee Freed to Belize

Guantánamo Detainee Freed to Belize

Majid Khan, a former al-Qaeda courier turned US government witness, has been transferred from the US-run detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Belize, nearly a year after he finished his sentence.

Cuba

US Official Who Spied for Cuba Released After 20 Years

US Official Who Spied for Cuba Released After 20 Years

Ana Belen Montes, 65, was released from federal prison on Friday, after pleading guilty in 2002 to conspiring to commit espionage for the Cuban government. She admitted to revealing the identities of four US undercover agents and passing on classified information

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UN Votes to Condemn US Embargo of Cuba

UN Votes to Condemn US Embargo of Cuba

On Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted for the 30th year in a row to condemn the US economic embargo on Cuba. 185 countries voted in favor of the motion with only the US and Israel opposing it and Brazil and Ukraine abstaining.

World

Cuba to Allow Some Foreign Investment in Wholesale, Retail

Cuba to Allow Some Foreign Investment in Wholesale, Retail

On Mon., Cuba announced plans to allow foreign investors to fully own local wholesalers or enter the market through joint ventures for the first time since the 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro.

World