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More Than 1,000 Cubans Have Reportedly Been Tricked Into Fighting For Russia In Ukraine
In this photo taken on Oct.13, 2025 and provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, smoke raises amid the ruins in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk. More than 1,000 Cubans have been tricked into fighting for Russia in the Ukraine war, it...
Key West woman faces new charges in travel scam involving fake Cuba and fishing trips, authorities say
KEY WEST, FLA. (WSVN) - A 60-year-old Key West woman accused of posing as a travel agent and scamming customers out of thousands of dollars for trips that never happened is facing additional charges, according to authorities. Monroe County...
Mark Cuban dishes on FDA sending Untitled Letters — except it’s a fake AI video created on OpenAI’s AI social media app
In just a couple of weeks since its release, OpenAI’s new social media app Sora has been taking the online world by storm. Achieving more than 1 million downloads in five days, the app is buzzing because of its core feature: all the videos on it...
Today in History: Oct. 16, Cuban Missile Crisis begins
Published 10:00 pm Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that...
Prominent Cuban Dissident Exiled To The U.S. Claims Conditions Are Given To 'End The Tyranny' In Havana
Prominent Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer said conditions are given for the "end of the tyranny" in Havana and called on U.S. President Donald Trump for help. Ferrer, who on Monday was released from prison and exiled from the country, said his...
Dengue, Oropouche fever, chikungunya: an epidemiological crisis has Cuba on edge
By the end of the summer months, people in Cuba, especially in the western end of the island, were wondering what “rare” disease had them bedridden, with body aches and swelling, fevers as high as 40ºC, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and even skin...
Buffalo chicken, Thai and Cuban food coming to the MRE lineup in 2026
New options are coming to troops’ rations, and some less popular items will disappear from the menu. The next iteration of Meals Ready-to-Eat is MRE 46, set to release in 2026. Among the options — all of which are required to have shelf lives of...
Tropical Storm Melissa, soon a hurricane, brings death, floods to Caribbean
The slow-moving, but punishing, Tropical Storm Melissa that has already killed four people is threatening catastrophic flooding across the northern Caribbean as it strengthens towards Jamaica. Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane,...
Cuban Farmers Can Barely Guarantee Water for the Animals and Their Own Homes
Faced with the farmers’ demands, the authorities replied that “there are more important companies” to attend to first Farmers can barely guarantee water for the animals and their own homes. / Adelante 14ymedio, Havana, October 11, 2025 — For more...
Mark Cuban Warns of Trust Crisis for OpenAI After Adult Content Plans
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Billionaire investor Mark Cuban raised concerns about OpenAI‘s decision to allow adult content in ChatGPT for verified users starting in December. Cuban warned that this move could lead to a significant trust crisis among...
Today in History: Cuban Missile Crisis begins
Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the...
Frieze London Restores Market Confidence and Outsells Expectations
Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 15. Photo: Linda Nylind | Courtesy of Frieze The energy on the opening day of Frieze London on October 15 felt less like a post-Brexit correction and more like the city sliding back into its...
AFK Sistema enters the international market of hotel services
AK&M 15 October 2025 19:20 The federal hotel operator Cosmos Hotel Group (part of AFK Sistema Group) and the Cuban travel group Gaviota S.A. have signed an agreement on the management of a five-star hotel, which will operate under the name Sierra...
Mark Cuban Leads Critics Warning OpenAI’s Erotica Plan Risks a Moral Collapse
OpenAI’s decision to allow adult erotica in ChatGPT has sparked a wave of alarm across the tech world. Critics, led by investor Mark Cuban, say the move exposes a deeper problem within Silicon Valley... a steady erosion of moral restraint...
Exclusive: Over 1,000 Cubans fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or MIA
At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action. The figures come after the...
Cuban Fighters May Become Russia’s Top Foreign Force
screenshot NewsmaxTV By Jim Thomas From Newsmax Russia is increasingly turning abroad to sustain its war in Ukraine, with thousands of Cuban recruits reportedly joining its ranks as Moscow struggles to replace mounting battlefield losses....
Mexico Sends $3 Billion in Subsidized Fuel to Cuba in Just Four Months
Between May and August 2025, Mexico shipped more than $3 billion worth of subsidized fuel to Cuba through Gasolinas Bienestar, a subsidiary of state oil company Pemex, according to an investigation by Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad...
Today in History: October 16, Cuban Missile Crisis begins
Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the...
Cuba has the truth and the ability to demolish the lies of imperialism
6 Cuba doesn’t have to lie to defend itself; the United States cannot defend its policy without lying, Johana Tablada of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) affirmed this Friday in Mexico City, as she lashed out at the economic blockade and...
Cuba Bets the Farm on Tourism Revival.
Cuba’s tourism minister, Juan Carlos García Granda, insists the island’s tourism industry is “alive and kicking” despite the worst economic crisis since the Cold War. Visitor numbers have collapsed since the highs of nearly five million in 2018,...