Cuba aims to produce its own Covid-19 vaccine
Cuba is attempting to make its own Covid-19 vaccine. CNN’s Patrick Oppman speaks to some of the scientists working on the potential breakthrough. Source link
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Trump Admin Slams Cuba with New Terrorism Sanctions in Waning Days
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration on Monday re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe …
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Cuba to test visitors for coronavirus, limit tourism to keys
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba will test all visitors for coronavirus when it reopens to international tourism, which will be limited at first to the beach resorts at the keys of …
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With pristine reefs at stake, Cuba bets on coral nurseries
HAVANA (Reuters) – Luminous yellow and blue fish dart through the fragments of coral hanging from rows of pipes anchored to the seabed in Guanahacabibes, in western Cuba, while scientists …
Read More Magnitude 4.5 quake strikes near Guantanamo province, Cuba -EMSC
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 has struck 41 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Baracoa town in the province of Guantanamo, Cuba, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said …
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Passengers of British coronavirus-hit cruise ship evacuate in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Passengers aboard a British cruise ship that has been stranded for more than a week in the Caribbean after several cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed …
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On the trail: Buttigieg heckled at march, Sanders takes heat for Cuba comment
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders came under fire on Monday for comments about late Cuban President Fidel Castro, and moderate rival Pete Buttigieg was heckled at …
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Can ‘Made in Africa’ cigars compete with Cuba?
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – While drinking in a nightclub in Mozambique in 2015, Kamal Moukheiber had an idea: a luxury cigar made not in Cuba, but in southern Africa. A sales …
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Festive New Orleans conga in Havana defies Trump Cuba policy
HAVANA (Reuters) – New Orleans and Cuban brass musicians paraded joyously through Havana on Wednesday as part of the city’s annual jazz festival and in defiance of the Trump administration’s …
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U.S. slaps sanctions on Cuba defense minister over support for Venezuela’s Maduro
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on human rights in Iran at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – …
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Cuba acknowledges ‘vestiges’ of racism, launches program to fight it
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s government has launched a program to combat racism, acknowledging that a problem that Fidel Castro tried to eliminate after the 1959 leftist revolution remains unresolved. The …
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‘Viva Felipe!’: Communist-run Cuba welcomes Spanish king
HAVANA (Reuters) – With cries of “Viva Felipe!” and “Viva Espana!” Cubans greeted King Felipe in Old Havana, the first state visit ever by a Spanish monarch to Cuba, Spain’s …
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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to new charges in groping case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges of sexual misconduct involving a third woman, less than a month after pleading not …
Read More U.S. hits Cuba with new sanctions over human rights, Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday. …
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McKennie scores record hat-trick as U.S. hammer Cuba 7-0
Oct 11, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; United States midfielder Weston Mckennie (8) dribblers the ball in front of Cuba forward Manuel Cruz (20) in the first half during a CONCACAF …
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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. to face new U.S. charges in groping case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.’s trial on charges of groping a woman at a Manhattan bar was postponed Thursday as prosecutors revealed they had brought new charges …
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