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Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire
View of the massive fire at a fuel depot in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 7, 2022. - Planes with products, firefighters and specialists from Mexico and Venezuela arrived in Cuba to help put out this Sunday the fire of two oil tanks, which enters its third day with one dead, 17 missing and 36 hospitalized. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Dozens hurt, 17 missing as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm after lightning strike
People watch a huge rising plume of smoke caused by a blaze at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, in Matazanas, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Cuban authorities say lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at the base, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured more than 50 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
energy and resources
Tanker carrying Russian fuel oil arrives in Cuba as the island ramps up imports
FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft is pictured at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Russia February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Vladimir Soldatkin/File Photo
soccer
Canada, U.S. settle for U-20 CONCACAF tie
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 13, 2018 an employee adjusts balls at Soccer Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. - Canadian football authorities cancelled an upcoming friendly between Canada and Iran on May 26, 2022 following criticism of the decision to schedule the game. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Boat with 842 Haitians headed for U.S. winds up in Cuba
Haitians wait to be processed and receive medical attention at a tourist campground in Sierra Morena, in the Villa Clara province of Cuba, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A vessel carrying more than 800 Haitians trying to reach the United States wound up instead on the coast of central Cuba, government news media said Wednesday. (AP Photo Ramon Espinosa)
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Cuba hotel blast toll rises to 43, mostly hotel workers
Emergency personnel work at the Saratoga Hotel four days after it suffered an explosion in Havana, Cuba May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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Havana hotel explosion death toll rises to 40
Firefighters and rescue workers remove debris from the ruins of the Saratoga Hotel, in Havana, on May 8, 2022. - The death toll from an explosion at a luxury hotel in Havana's old quarter rose to 31 on Sunday, authorities said, as Cuban firefighters continued to comb through the rubble. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Havana hotel toll rises to 31 as dogs search for survivors
Rescuers recover a body at the site of Friday's deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Desperate search for survivors at Cuba’s Hotel Saratoga after explosion leaves at least 27 dead
A sheet-covered body lies outside the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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At least 22 dead after explosion damages Havana’s Saratoga Hotel
Debris is scattered after an explosion destroyed the Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Cuba and US take tentative step with talks on migration
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio is interviewed by The Associated Press on Friday, April 22, 2022 in Washington. Cuba and the United States took a tentative step toward unthawing relations and resuming joint efforts to address irregular migration, the senior Cuban official said following the highest-level talks between the two countries in four years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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U.S., Cuba to hold high-level migration talks in Washington
FILE PHOTO: Cuban migrants are detained by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as they turn themselves in to request asylum, after crossing into El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
canada
Flying south for the winter? Here’s what restrictions await in popular winter travel destinations for Canadians
MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 10: An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The American Airlines company announced it will discontinue service to several international destinations in 2022 amid the ongoing shortage of Boeing 787 aircraft. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
life
Variations to shake – or, actually, stir – up the classic Manhattan
LEFT HAND This modern classic (pictured here) was created by Sam Ross of New York’s Attaboy. He describes it as “the love child of a Negroni and a Manhattan.”
world
Cuba prepares to vaccinate entire population for COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: A man is vaccinated at a vaccination center amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Havana, Cuba, June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
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Bali bomb case starts in Guantanamo 18 years after capture
In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff in honor of the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, at Camp Justice, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Camp Justice is where the military commission proceedings are held for detainees charged with war crimes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Cuba authorizes and looks to regulate cryptocurrency use
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany - April 17, 2018: Many coins of various cryptocurrencies
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Hurricane Ida hits Cuba’s Isle of Youth; U.S. Gulf Coast braces for hit
A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Ida after forming in the Caribbean, about 75 miles (125 kilometers) north-northwest of Grand Cayman, August 27, 2021. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
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Tropical depression Fred may regain tropical storm status as it nears Florida
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a Tropical Storm Fred in the Caribbean as it passes south of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic at 8am EST, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)
tokyo olympics
Arlen Lopez wins gold to put powerhouse Cuba in boxing medals lead
Arlen Lopez Cardona of Cuba in action against Benjamin Whittaker of Britain, Aug. 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine
u.s. politics
Joe Biden says more sanctions coming against Cuba over protests
President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021, during a meeting with Cuban-American leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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French authorities investigating gasoline bomb attack on Cuban Embassy
Workers fix the damage at the Cuban Embassy following an overnight petrol bomb attack, in Paris, on July 27.
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Russia sends COVID-19 aid to Cuba, defence ministry says
FILE - In this June 23, 2021 file photo, people sign up for a dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine in Havana, Cuba. Cuba has been trying to rapidly roll out the two vaccines that it has approved for massive use, Abdala and Soberana, both of which require three jabs. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
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U.S. to impose sanctions on Cuban officials over crackdown on protests
Cuban exiles rally at Versailles Restaurant in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood in support of protesters in Cuba, Monday, July 12, 2021, in Miami. Sunday's protests in Cuba marked some of the biggest displays of antigovernment sentiment in the tightly controlled country in years. Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades, along with a resurgence of coronavirus cases, as it suffers the consequences of U.S. sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump's administration. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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Cubans wonder what’s next after antigovernment protests
Anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. As Cubans facing the country's worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets in droves over the weekend into Monday, July 12, 2021, authorities blocked social media sites in an apparent effort to stop the flow of information into, out of and within the beleaguered nation. (AP Photo/Eliana Aponte, file)
art & architecture
Muralism in Cuba tells a historical story in the wide open
Aruna Dutt on street art in Havana and one of the largest murals the world in Cuba: “Mural of Prehistory” inspired by Diego Rivera, artist and leader of the Mexican Mural Revolution. Canada's mural culture, where to see the biggest murals and public art this summer, including the Vancouver Mural Festival coming August 4-22.
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Faced with rare protests over food shortages, Cuba curbs social media access, watchdog says
FILE PHOTO: Police run during protests against and in support of the government, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Havana, Cuba July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
opinion
Canada needs to help the Cuban people – but this time, not the Cuban regime
Doug Saunders
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Cuban leaders beef up police patrols after rare protests over high prices and food shortages
Police stand guard near the National Capitol building in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 12, 2021, the day after protests against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)
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Miami demonstrators block highway to support Cuban protests
People demonstrate, some holding Cuban and US flags, during a protest against the Cuban government at Versailles Restaurant in Miami, on July 12, 2021. - Havana on Monday blamed a US "policy of economic suffocation" for unprecedented protests against Cuba's communist government as Washington pointed the finger at "decades of repression" in the one-party state. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Cuba blames unrest on U.S. interference as Biden backs protests
FILE - In this July 9, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden is seen speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Approvals for permits to drill for oil and gas on federal lands dipped sharply when the Democrat first took office but have since rebounded. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba to express anger at government
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (C) is seen during a demonstration held by citizens to demand improvements in the country, in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, on July 11, 2021. - Thousands of Cubans marched this Sunday, July 11, through the streets of the small town of San Antonio de los Banos in an unprecedented protest against the government, according to videos of fans posted on the internet. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden administration punts on due-process rights for Guantánamo detainees
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 26, 2017, People walk past the guard tower of Camp 5 at the US Military's Prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. - Yemenis Ali al-Hajj al-Sharqawi and Abd Al Salam Al Hilal, who have been held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 17 years as alleged al-Qaeda supporters, have won their release, according to newly published Defense Department filings on their cases. Both detained in 2002 as US authorities, citing a "war on terror," combed the world for members of al-Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks. (Photo by Thomas WATKINS / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS WATKINS/AFP via Getty Images)