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Cuba’s Supreme Court sentenced former economy minister Alejandro Gil to life imprisonment for espionage and an additional 20 years for corruption-related crimes. Once a key ally of President Díaz-Canel, Gil was accused of abusing power, bribery and links with foreign firms
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Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, has killed at least 40 people across Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica. The Category 5 storm caused massive flooding, power outages and destruction, leaving thousands homeless and rescue efforts stretched thin
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The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
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It is the first step in what is expected to be a surge in the number of migrants held at Navy base in Cuba, which for decades was used to detain foreigners associated with the Sept 11, 2001, attacks
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President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said that the US will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the worst criminal aliens
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Ri's defection is the latest in a series of defections by North Korean diplomats in South Korea in recent years
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Xinhua news agency reports that a state TV broadcast has indicated that over 300,000 individuals in Cuba's western provinces were left without electricity.
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Cuban ambassador to New Delhi Alejandro Simancas Marin on Tuesday batted for better economic relations between the two nations
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Praveen Chithravel set a new national record with an effort of 17.37 metres on his way to winning a gold medal
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St Petersburg: Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2 million people before aiming for the Atlantic Coast. One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States barreled across the Florida […]
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Havana: One person was killed and 122 others were injured after a massive fire triggered a series of explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba’s port of Matanzas, the Ministry of Public Health said, adding that 16 people were still unaccounted for. A crude oil tank at the facility was engulfed in a huge […]
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Tourism, one of the most important sectors, has been devastated by the restrictions on travel during the Covid pandemic.
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Heavy rains were reported in the eastern half of Cuba, where authorities have evacuated thousands of people due to the risk of flooding.
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Streets in the island nation are full of dogs and cats in a poor state, often abandoned for economic reasons