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Oil to Cuba drops to zero as Mexico puts shipments on hold over US tariff threat

The island logged its first oil-import-free month in a decade after Mexico, Havana’s top supplier, halted supplies, as Trump steps up pressure to undermine Cuba’s communist govt.

Fungus-coated wetsuit to shellfish venom pills, declassified papers show CIA plots to assassinate Castro

Plots, which ran in 5 phases from 1959-1963, are detailed in a 1977 internal investigation by CIA's John Earman, which were published online Thursday by National Security Archive project.

Cuban missile crisis: 13 stormy days in Oct 1962 when US, USSR came to brink of nuclear conflict

On 16 Oct 1962, Kennedy’s NSA walked into the White House with ‘proof’ of Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. What followed was a ‘naval quarantine’ of the Caribbean nation.

‘Marquez is a Malayali’—Kerala loves Cuba & its romantic communism

In ‘Mad About Cuba’, Ullekh NP draws on the connection between Cuba and Kerala. The book is the result of an upbringing in the Marxist stronghold of Kannur and a trip to Cuba in 2023.

Cuba beyond postcards. This photographer didn’t want to come back with just ‘travel pictures’

With his series on Cuba, Rohit Chawla has ventured into painting. 'Almost everybody’s a photographer now. I had to reinvent the game to stay relevant,' he said.

SubscriberWrites: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis reshaped international law on missiles, showcasing diplomacy’s power in averting nuclear war and emphasising deterrence over warfare.

India sends 90 tonnes of medicines to Cuba

The consignment of medicines consists of nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

EU’s Meta probe, Georgians protest ‘Russia-inspired’ bill & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

Putin breaks silence on Navalny, Vietnam loses another President & other global news you may have missed

New Delhi: After claiming victory in yet another presidential election, Vladimir Putin, one of Russia’s longest-serving leaders, broke his silence on the death of...

Cuba says thwarted ‘terror plot’ hatched by Florida man who arrived on island by jetski

One of the men arrested, whose identity was unclear, was armed with several handguns, ammunition clips and ammo.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.