The future of the Cuban revolution, accustomed to overcoming all crises since it ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, has been darkened by the Trump administration as much as the darkness of the streets of Havana, affected by continuous blackouts, which in some neighborhoods last more than twenty hours a day.
Representatives of Israel and Lebanon agreed this Friday in Washington to extend the ceasefire declared on April 16 by 45 days, announced the United States Department of State, which acts as mediator.
The future of the Cuban revolution, accustomed to overcoming all crises since it ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista from power in 1959, has been darkened by the Trump administration as much as the darkness of the streets of Havana, affected by continuous blackouts, which in some neighborhoods last more than twenty hours a day.
After a two-day summit with Xi Jinping, Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to approve the sale of US weapons to Taipei worth 14 billion dollars. The Chinese leader warned him that Taiwan was a red line. That a mismanagement of the island issue could put both countries in “an extremely dangerous situation.”
With the aim of reducing the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz for its national economy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced the construction of a new pipeline that will connect the country from west to east. This project will allow avoiding transit through the enclave through which one fifth of global trade passes and is expected to be operational by 2027. The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was informed about the details during the meeting of the Executive Committee of the state oil company ADNOC. The “West-East” project will double the company’s export capacity through Fujairah, on the eastern coast, facing the Gulf of Oman.
Are you in agreement that the province of Alberta should stop being part of Canada to become an independent state? This is the question that many voters in this region, bordering the United States, will have to answer after the separatist group “Stay Free Alberta” collected the necessary signatures to call a referendum. 178,000 were needed; they got 300,000. This fact marks a before and after for the province, which sees its secessionist aspirations approaching under the watchful eyes of Washington and Moscow.
Last week, the European Political Community (EPC) summit held in Armenia had a special guest. It was Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, who became the first non-European leader to attend a meeting of this intergovernmental forum that since 2022 brings together about fifty countries from the continent.
The United States is considering a formal accusation against former Cuban president Raúl Castro in connection with the downing of planes from the humanitarian organization Brothers to the Rescue in 1996, according to sources cited by CBS. This investigation has come to light after it was revealed that the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, met this Thursday in Havana with high-ranking officials of the Cuban Government, as confirmed by both Executives.
The Trump administration has taken a further step in its decision to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Europe and has canceled the deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland as part of a more ambitious plan to cut its military presence on the continent.
A group of young Israeli settlers corners an ultra-Orthodox Jew in one of the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem: “traitor, coward, you are a disgrace to this country,” spits a teenager, dressed in loose clothing and the characteristic tzitzit, the four cords tied at the waist traditional of the Jewish religious attire. The crime of his compatriot is wearing one of the purple vests of the Standing Together association, dedicated to the peaceful protection of Palestinians against settler attacks in the West Bank.