Cuba's government also blames the U.S. trade embargo, as well as new sanctions under former President Donald Trump, for difficulties in acquiring fuel and spare parts to operate its oil-fired plants.

The late leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, once famously called Cuba “the safest country in the world”. In terms of the island’s low rates of violent crime and the scarcity of ...

Elina Salabarría was 18 months old when she left Cuba with her parents, and 18 years old when she represented Cubans in exile in the Miss Universe pageant, which was held on July 15, 1967 ...

Cuba's top diplomat has told Newsweek his government is striving to reorganize its economy in order to combat an array of challenges facing the communist-led Caribbean island nation. Yet he stood ...

HAVANA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - More than half of Cuba was without power on Thursday evening as fuel shortages and broken-down power plants left the government with little choice but to black out a vast ...

State to make railroad repairs in Waterbury ...

How did we find these deals? We looked at every economy class flight to from London to Cuba. And these fares have the biggest savings when compared to the average airfare. The cheapest flight from ...

Cuba, Florida Brace for Impact as Tropical Storm Helene Barrels North By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Helene is expected to unleash mudslides and flooding in Cuba before reaching ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – You may see more officers pulling drivers over near railroad crossings this week. It is part of “Operation Clear Track.” From now through Sept. 29, state, federal and ...

North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state" for the first ...

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a man pushing a woman in a wheelchair attempted to cross the railroad crossing while the crossing arms were down and the signal lights were active.

The last jurors are now seated for the murder trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls slain in 2017 during a winter hike.