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Hurricane Rafael Barrels Through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Rafael is passing through the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean and is forecast to rapidly intensify before making landfall in western Cuba.
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Cuba Experiences Nationwide Blackout After Power Plant Failure
Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout after the island's biggest power plant failed, the energy ministry said, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the economically devastated country.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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Nuclear-Powered Russian Submarine Arrives In Cuba
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrived in Cuba Wednesday for a five-day visit to the communist island off Florida's coast in a show of force amid spiraling US-Russian tensions.
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Cuba Thwarts Terrorist Plot By Florida Man Who Arrived By Jetski: Report
Cuba said late on Saturday it had thwarted a terrorist plot hatched in neighbouring south Florida, according to a report broadcast on state-run media, after a man allegedly arrived on the island by jetski to commit acts of violence.
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Cuba’s Central Bank to Issue Yearly Licences to Virtual Assets Service Providers
Cuba has decided to allow crypto businesses to operate on the island, but only after receiving a licence. This will be provided by the Central Bank of Cuba and will have to be renewed on a yearly basis. The rule will come into effect approximately in 20 days.
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US Efforts "To Destroy Cuba" Have Failed: President Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Friday the United States "has failed in its efforts to destroy Cuba," after Joe Biden called the island nation "a failed state."
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Tropical Storm Elsa Exits Cuba Trailing Heavy Rains, Takes Aim At Florida
Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rains over the Caribbean's largest island in its wake.
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Mehul Choksi Can’t Be Deported Yet, Says Dominica Court, Grants Legal Aid
A court in Dominica has put on hold the deportation of fugitive diamond jeweler Mehul Choksi, who was arrested in the Caribbean island nation while trying to escape to Cuba from Antigua, where he had been living since 2018.
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What Next For Mehul Choksi, Arrested In Island Nation? Dominica Says This
Mehul Choksi can only be sent back to Antigua and Barbuda since he is a citizen of the Caribbean island nation and not India, the fugitive businessman's legal team in Delhi has said after he was captured in Dominica, another island nation.
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Mehul Choksi Made "Monumental Mistake", Send Him To India, Says Antigua
India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.
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Fugitive Mehul Choksi Missing In Antigua; May Be In Cuba, Say Sources
Mehul Choksi missing: Mehul Choksi - the 62-year-old fugitive diamantaire wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with Rs 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud case - has gone missing in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda
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Five Dead In Helicopter Accident In Cuba: Official
Five people died in Cuba on Friday when their helicopter crashed on its way from the province of Holguin to Guantanamo in the east of the island, the armed forces ministry announced.
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"Did A Plane Hit?" Big Quake Shakes Miami, Caribbean
A major earthquake struck south of Cuba on Tuesday, sending shockwaves as far as Miami and sparking panic in the Cayman Islands where it ripped open sinkholes, but did not do serious damage to people or property, initial reports said.
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Google, Cuba Agree to Work Toward Improving Island's Connectivity
Google signed a deal with Cuban telecoms monopoly ETECSA on Thursday to work toward improving internet traffic exchange between their two networks and connectivity on the Communist-run island.
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Hurricane Rafael Barrels Through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Rafael is passing through the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean and is forecast to rapidly intensify before making landfall in western Cuba.
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Cuba Experiences Nationwide Blackout After Power Plant Failure
Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout after the island's biggest power plant failed, the energy ministry said, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the economically devastated country.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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Nuclear-Powered Russian Submarine Arrives In Cuba
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrived in Cuba Wednesday for a five-day visit to the communist island off Florida's coast in a show of force amid spiraling US-Russian tensions.
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Cuba Thwarts Terrorist Plot By Florida Man Who Arrived By Jetski: Report
Cuba said late on Saturday it had thwarted a terrorist plot hatched in neighbouring south Florida, according to a report broadcast on state-run media, after a man allegedly arrived on the island by jetski to commit acts of violence.
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Cuba’s Central Bank to Issue Yearly Licences to Virtual Assets Service Providers
Cuba has decided to allow crypto businesses to operate on the island, but only after receiving a licence. This will be provided by the Central Bank of Cuba and will have to be renewed on a yearly basis. The rule will come into effect approximately in 20 days.
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US Efforts "To Destroy Cuba" Have Failed: President Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Friday the United States "has failed in its efforts to destroy Cuba," after Joe Biden called the island nation "a failed state."
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Tropical Storm Elsa Exits Cuba Trailing Heavy Rains, Takes Aim At Florida
Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rains over the Caribbean's largest island in its wake.
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Mehul Choksi Can’t Be Deported Yet, Says Dominica Court, Grants Legal Aid
A court in Dominica has put on hold the deportation of fugitive diamond jeweler Mehul Choksi, who was arrested in the Caribbean island nation while trying to escape to Cuba from Antigua, where he had been living since 2018.
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What Next For Mehul Choksi, Arrested In Island Nation? Dominica Says This
Mehul Choksi can only be sent back to Antigua and Barbuda since he is a citizen of the Caribbean island nation and not India, the fugitive businessman's legal team in Delhi has said after he was captured in Dominica, another island nation.
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Mehul Choksi Made "Monumental Mistake", Send Him To India, Says Antigua
India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.
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Fugitive Mehul Choksi Missing In Antigua; May Be In Cuba, Say Sources
Mehul Choksi missing: Mehul Choksi - the 62-year-old fugitive diamantaire wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with Rs 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud case - has gone missing in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda
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Five Dead In Helicopter Accident In Cuba: Official
Five people died in Cuba on Friday when their helicopter crashed on its way from the province of Holguin to Guantanamo in the east of the island, the armed forces ministry announced.
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"Did A Plane Hit?" Big Quake Shakes Miami, Caribbean
A major earthquake struck south of Cuba on Tuesday, sending shockwaves as far as Miami and sparking panic in the Cayman Islands where it ripped open sinkholes, but did not do serious damage to people or property, initial reports said.
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Google, Cuba Agree to Work Toward Improving Island's Connectivity
Google signed a deal with Cuban telecoms monopoly ETECSA on Thursday to work toward improving internet traffic exchange between their two networks and connectivity on the Communist-run island.
