The death toll of Havana's Hotel Saratoga blast has reached 42 as two more bodies were pulled from the rubble on Tuesday. Cuba's health ministry said that another 54 people were injured.

Cuba: Hotel Saratoga blast death toll increases to 42

An explosion at a historic Havana hotel has claimed the lives of 27 people including 11 hotel employees & 4 children. Cuban President says that the explosion was caused by a gas leak.

Cuba: Explosion at historic Havana hotel kills 27 including 11 hotel employees & 4 children

An explosion at a historic Havana hotel has claimed lives of 22 people while injuring around 70. Cuban President say that explosion was caused by a gas leak.

Explosion at historic Havana hotel kills 22 and injured around 70

The death toll in the blast at the iconic hotel in Cuba has risen to 22. The famous Hotel Saratoga was obliterated in a powerful blast on May 6. The intensity of the blast was so much that it caused a gash several floors high in the side of the building.

Gas leak suspected to be cause of Cuba hotel blast, death toll at 22

Hotel Saratoga: The 'it' place in Cuba, now in ruins

A powerful explosion ripped through a Havana hotel in Cuba on Friday morning, claiming at least eight lives and leaving over 30 people injured. Police and fire rescuers have been dispatched to the site and combing through rubble for survivors, as at least 13 people were reported to be missing, the presidency, in a tweet, quoted Havana Communist Party official Luis Antonio Torres Iribar.

At least 8 killed, 30 injured as powerful explosion obliterates Cuban hotel

US embassy in Cuba on Tuesday, began issuing visas for the first time in four years since alleged sonic attacks that resulted in so-called 'Havana Syndrome' among US diplomatic personnel.

US resumes issuing visas in Cuba after more than four years

The Cuban central bank has issued regulations for virtual asset service providers after giving a nod last year to personal use of cryptocurrencies. It's a move some experts said could help Communist-run Caribbean island skirt stiff US sanctions.

Cuba approves cryptocurrency services

Surfing in Cuba has now received official recognition. Surfers are now free from police harassment. Watch this report to know more.

Cuba: Surfing gets official recognition as they are now free from police harassment

A whistle reverberates through a sugar factory in central Cuba to signal the resumption of milling at midday after an hours-long halt when the raw cane ran out. It is cane harvest time in Cuba -- once the world's top sugar exporter but now reliant on imports.

The struggle to save Cuban sugar from a bitter end

A Cuban city of Matanzas is seeing swarms of crabs. The number of red crabs dramatically increased during Covid. During spring, millions of red, yellow, black crabs migrate from forest to sea. Due to reduced traffic during Covid, crabs increased in numbers & size.

Cuban city sees thousands of red, yellow & black crabs

After losing two years to the COVID-19 pandemic, shopkeepers in the heart of the Turkish Riviera had hoped for a strong tourism season this year to help keep their businesses afloat.

Countries brace for hit to tourism from Russia-Ukraine war

Pandemic, sanctions, and long lines for fuel; Cuba battles concerns over supply and rationing

Cuba is struggling to reawaken its tourism industry after months of pandemic-induced slumber as U.S travellers stay away, threatening to derail the communist-run government's plan to haul the Caribbean island's economy from a deepening crisis.

Covid: Cuban tourism industry struggles. Is Cuba suffering from image problem?

Cuba on Saturday announced a new 10 per cent tax on retail food sales, as the country endures economic woes marked by rampant inflation. The levy taking effect Monday will target self-employed people and small- and medium-sized companies in the retail food sector, said the decree published in the official government gazette.

Cuba slaps new tax on food sales as economic woes hit hard

The world's largest cruise liner is forcing Cuban crew members to work under ''slave labour'' conditions as per a new report. The report states that the wages of these crew members are being used to fund the Communist regime.

World's largest cruise liner forcing Cuban crew members to work under 'slave labour' conditions

The 11th of January, 2022 marked 20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay, the infamous US prison in Cuba.

20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay, the infamous US prison in Cuba

With new US sanctions denting Communist Cuba's economy, recovery hopes for the nation seemed grim. Cuba's economy had declined 10.9% in 2020.

Communist-run country Cuba struggling to recover from economic crisis

Around 600 children from Burkina Faso sent to Cuba 35 years ago are still struggling to survive as Sankara's scheme backfires.

Sankara's scheme to train youngsters in Cuba backfires as 600 youngsters still struggling to survive

Mavys Alvarez, a Cuban woman who had a relationship with late soccer star Diego Maradona two decades ago, told a news conference on Monday that the Argentine player had raped her when she was a teenager and "stolen her childhood.

Cuban woman claims Argentina's great late Diego Maradona raped her as teenager, ''stole my childhood''

Taking advantage of zero human presence during the COVID-19 pandemic, several exotic animals at a zoo in Cuba decided to engage in romantic encounters that led to a sudden surge in population of animals, including from some species that otherwise faced the threat of extinction.

Lockdown baby boom: Cuban zoo welcomes newborns of several exotic, endangered animals

A suburban Baltimore high school graduate turned al-Qaida courier, speaking to a military jury for the first time, gave a detailed account Thursday of the brutal forced feedings, crude waterboarding and other physical and sexual abuse he endured during his 2003 to 2006 detention in the CIA’s overseas prison network.

For first time in public, a detainee describes torture at CIA black sites

According to reports, the mysterious Havana syndrome has been linked to crickets and not microwave weapons as claimed earlier. A security advisory group linked to the US State Department has reportedly found that in at least eight of the 21 cases related to the case was likely caused by insects.

Havana syndrome cases may be linked to crickets, claims report

Cuba has become the first country in the world to vaccinate children as young as two years old. However, the jabs given to infants are homegrown which has not been recognised by the World Health Organization(WHO).

Cuba becomes first country to vaccinate toddlers

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