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Antony Blinken says US won't remove Cuba from terror list
Blinken's Republican predecessor Mike Pompeo in January 2021 abruptly returned Cuba to the state sponsor of terrorism list, which severely hampers foreign investment as companies risk legal consequences in the United States
WATCH: Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Cuba after engine trouble
Smoke seeped into the cabin of the plane, but no one was injured in the incident involving Southwest Airlines flight 3923
Explained: Why Cuba has mandated that drivers pick up people at bus stops
Cuba has mandated that drivers of state-owned cars pick up people at bus stops or face prosecution. The action comes as diesel has been in very short supply since being diverted in March to run oil-fueled power plants
Atleast five dead, 12 missing after Cuba migrant boat sinks
A serious economic crisis is fuelling an unprecedented exodus from Cuba, particularly to the United States
US Coast Guard stops hundreds fleeing Cuba, Haiti by sea, returns most
Increasing numbers of Cuban and Haitian migrants have attempted the risky Florida Straits crossing in recent months to illegally enter the Keys Island chain and other parts of the state as inflation soars and economic conditions deteriorate in their home countries
Former Pentagon intelligence analyst who spied for Cuba freed
Ana Belen Montes, an analyst for the US Defence Intelligence Agency, was arrested in September 2001 and charged with spying for Cuba
US reopening visa, consular services at embassy in Cuba as immigration pressure rises
The resumption comes amid the greatest migratory flight from Cuba in decades, which has placed pressure on the Biden administration to open more legal pathways to Cubans and start a dialogue with the Cuban government, despite a historically tense relationship
Cubans search for holiday food amid soaring inflation, deepening shortages
Basic goods such as chicken, beef, eggs, milk, flour and toilet paper are difficult and often impossible to find in state stores. When they do appear, they often come at hefty prices, either from informal shops, resellers or in expensive stores only accessible to those with foreign currency
Hurricane Ian hit Cuba 10 days ago and the island nation is still recovering
Ten days after the storm left still unquantified devastation across western Cuba, many Cubans are still without electricity, water or basic goods.
Complete blackout, overturned planes: Hurricane Ian batters Cuba, heads to Florida
Around 11 million people in Cuba are living in darkness as Hurricane Ian caused a breakdown of the country’s electrical system. Now Florida braces for catastrophe as the storm nears it
Cuba suffers complete blackout after hurricane Ian knocks out power grid
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated and others fled the area ahead of the arrival of Ian, which caused flooding, damaged houses and toppled trees
Love is Love: Cuba joins a growing list of nations that have legalised same-sex marriages
Cuba has voted to legalise same-sex marriages. From Switzerland to Taiwan, the list of nations giving rights to the LGBTQ+ community is growing
Cubans voting on landmark referendum to allow same-sex marriage, adoption & surrogate pregnancies
The updated code would represent a major shift in a country where machismo is strong and where the authorities, in the 1960s and 1970s, sent homosexuals to militarized labour camps
Camilo Guevara March, son of Cuba's rebel hero Ernesto Che Guevara, dies at 60
The official news agency Prensa Latina said he died during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, of 'pulmonary thrombosis which led to a heart attack'
Deadly oil facility fire threatens to plunge Cuba into a deeper energy crisis
Flames enveloped a third tank that firefighters had tried to cool as they struggle to fight the massive blaze in the western province of Matanza that began just days after the government announced scheduled blackouts for the capital of Havana
Cuba: Firefighters battle big blaze at oil tank farm in Matanzas
The blaze began Friday night when lightning struck a storage tank during a thunder storm, and the fire spread to a second tank early Saturday, triggering a series of explosions
Cuba seeks help to contain fuel depot fire that has killed at least one, injured over a hundred
Some 1,900 people have been evacuated from the affected area, according to officials from the western Matanzas province, where lightning struck a fuel tank late Friday, triggering an explosion
Havana: Explosion at luxury hotel due to gas leak kills 22, dozens injured
Cuban state TV reported the explosion was caused by a truck that had been supplying natural gas to the hotel, but did not provide details on how the gas ignited
Interview | What’s happening in Ukraine is brutal; Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable: German Ambassador Walter Lindner
Walter Lindner also cautioned against rising fuel prices and inflation. ‘Democracy and freedom have a price, and we are ready to pay it,’ he said
Russia is No 1: A look at the most-sanctioned countries in the world and their ‘crimes’
In two weeks, Russia has become the most-sanctioned country in the world. On the infamous list are Iran, Syria, and North Korea