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Topic: Cuba

Latin America’s extreme weather is unleashing vicious cycle further fueling climate dangers

Over the past 30 years, temperatures have warmed by 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade. Drought and storms caused most of the $9 billion in economic damages in 2022.

Vladimir Putin has an invitation to visit Cuba, says Russian ambassador

Longtime political allies Cuba and Russia - both subject to U.S. sanctions - have increased economic ties by facilitating trade and investment to circumvent those restrictions.

China, Cuba in talks to establish joint military training facility on the island, reports WSJ

The report has sparked alarm in the US that it could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security operations just 100 miles off Florida's coast.

US diplomacy has slowed Chinese spying in Cuba, says Antony Blinken

Blinken was asked at a press conference about Washington’s response to a Wall Street Journal report that cited US officials saying a new spying effort was underway on Cuba.

US shares concerns about Cuba hosting Chinese spy operations, says open to communications

The White House spokesperson expects these reports would not affect the US Secretary of State's visit to China later this week.

‘Display of self-contradictory USA,’ says China, refutes claims of Chinese spy station in Cuba

Beijing denounced the US govt and media for releasing what it called 'inconsistent information' and said it has 'no chance of driving a wedge between China and Cuba'.

Cuba in total blackout after Hurricane Ian caused power grid to collapse

Cuba’s 11.3 million left in the dark, aftermath of the Category 3 hurricane that plowed through the island- provoked the system failure.

Cuba approves gay marriage in historic referendum, President says ‘justice has been done’

The law legalizes same-sex marriage & civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt kid, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights & responsibilities between men & women.

US resists pressure from Mexico, excludes Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua from Summit of Americas

According to people in the know, the decision is based on concerns about lack of democracy & respect for human rights in these countries.

Never met patient who got cancer from beedi — MPs back ‘Indian cigar’ at RSS-linked event

RSS affiliates Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, and All India Beedi Industry Federation, organise event to protest proposed changes to tobacco law.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.