Russia on Monday gave warning against "outside interference" in Cuba which saw thousands taking part in rare protests against the Communist government on the island.

Russia warns against 'outside interference' over Cuba protests

Cuba: Anti-government protests rock the communist bastion

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cuba on Sunday to protest against the government's inappropriate handling of the COVID-19 crisis and worsening economic conditions.

Anti-government protests erupt in Cuba over worsening economic conditions

Cuba on Friday approved its home-grown Abdala vaccine for emergency use, the first Latin American coronavirus jab to reach this stage and a possible lifeline for a region trying to battle a killer pandemic with modest means.

Cuba approves emergency use of home-grown COVID-19 vaccine

Tropical storm Elsa is sweeping through the Northern Caribbean battering Jamaica and Cuba with winds and rain the storm has claimed at least three lives so far.

Tropical storm Elsa cuts through Caribbean after claiming three lives

Tropical Storm Elsa churned late Saturday off the southwestern coast of Haiti, headed toward Jamaica and eastern Cuba as forecasters warned of heavy rains, flash flooding and mudslides.

Tropical storm Elsa churns past Haiti, headed for Cuba

Cuba's Soberana 2 vaccine candidate has shown 62% efficacy with just two of its three doses, state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday, citing preliminary data from late phase trials.

Cuba encouraged by early efficacy results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine

Cuba said on Thursday it would temporarily stop accepting cash bank deposits in dollars, blaming tighter U.S. sanctions that are restricting its ability to use greenbacks abroad, although it will still accept transfers.

Cuba suspending cash bank deposits in dollars, citing US sanctions

Havana Zoo introduces Cuba's first Yanek, a rare white tiger

For the past two decades, the 62-year old Leonardo Carrillo has cared for the colony of around 100 brown pelicans that land in his village of Guanimar in December to spend the winter months there before heading back northwards for the summer.

Pelicans befriend Cuban man living by the sea

Dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara vowed on Monday to 'continue the struggle' after spending almost a month in hospital following a hunger strike.

Dissident Cuban artist to 'continue the struggle' after hospital release

From a building facing Havana's iconic Malecon waterfront, pigeon keepers crane out of a window, intently watching the grey birds take flight. Mostly staying indoors due to the country's worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began in March last year, Cubans are increasingly breeding pigeons as a form of escape.

Cubans turn to pigeon breeding as an escape from COVID-19

Amnesty International named one of Cuba`s leading dissidents a "prisoner of conscience" on Friday, saying state security appeared to have him under supervision and incommunicado at the hospital where authorities admitted him nearly three weeks ago.

Amnesty calls hospitalised Cuban dissident 'prisoner of conscience'

Havana's main avenue on Monday saw a rainbow flag draped over a government building as lawmakers prepared a new code that could allow same-sex marriage in Cuba.

Gay pride flag unfurled on Cuban gov't building for first time

Cuba's state cigar monopoly, Habanos SA, said on Tuesday that China had displaced Spain last year as its top market but rising demand in the Asian giant could not compensate for declines in sales elsewhere, with global revenue down 4% to $507 million.

China becomes top market for Cuba's legendary cigars 

Cuba marked the end of an era Monday with the official transfer of power from the Castro clan, in charge for six decades, to the communist country's first civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Cuba gets new leader Miguel Diaz-Canel as last Castro retires

Former Cuban President Raul Castro reigns as chief secretary of communist party of Cuba. Current President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel who is communist party's first secretary will take over as the new chief secretary of the party.

Former Cuban President Raul Castro quits as head of Cuban Party

Meet Jorge Goliat, a heavy drinking and smoking Cuban "healer" who performs surgery with a machete and tells his patients that drinking enough rum will ward off the coronavirus. Though it might sound unorthodox, but Goliat's methods have proven popular with Cubans seeking alternatives to traditional medicine.

Cuban "healer" performs surgeries in Havana with a machete

Climate change is already impacting marine species diversity distribution, with changes being more dramatic in the Northern hemisphere where waters have warmed faster.

Cuba attempts to repopulate coral reefs

The apparent harder line toward Havana represents a shift from the Obama years as was evident in the 2020 elections.

Cuban Americans still oppose any change in US-Cuba relations

Donald Trump's administration has redesignated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced to reverse the Obama-era decision.

US announces designation of Cuba as a terror state

Cuba will test its most advanced Covid vaccine candidate in Iran. State-run Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) and the Pasteur Institute of Iran signed an agreement in Havana that will see a Phase 3 clinical trial in Iran, to "move forward faster in immunisation against Covid-19 in both countries," the IFV announced on Twitter.

Cuba to test Covid vaccine candidate in Iran

Cuba will unify its two currencies, the Cuban peso and convertible peso, as of January 1, ending a unique system that has existed for nearly three decades, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday.

Cuba to unify its two currencies as of January 1

Cash-strapped Cuba said it had attracted $1.9billion worth of foreign investment over the past year despite tighter United States sanctions.

World Business Watch: Cuba attracts $1.9 billion in FDI despite US sanctions

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