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Trump raises prospect of ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba, says Rubio in talks

President Donald Trump speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Feb 27.
President Donald Trump speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Feb 27.

Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80

FILE PHOTO: Raila Odinga, Kenya's former Prime Minister and the African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Nairobi, Kenya February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Raila Odinga, Kenya's former Prime Minister and the African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Nairobi, Kenya February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Explainer-Who will speak at the UN and what is on the agenda?

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022.  REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022.  REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/ File Photo

Cuba stages May Day rallies as tensions mount with US

Cuba's former President Raul Castro, Cuba's President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel and Cuba's former Vice President Jose Ramon Machado watch a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
Cuba's former President Raul Castro, Cuba's President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel and Cuba's former Vice President Jose Ramon Machado watch a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Billiards making a comeback in Cuba despite hard times

Students play pool at a billiards academy in Havana, Cuba February 17, 2025.  REUTERS/Norlys Perez
Students play pool at a billiards academy in Havana, Cuba February 17, 2025.  REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Mexico's Lopez Obrador raffles his watch in colorful final press conference

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends his last press conference, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends his last press conference, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Explainer: What is the UNGA and what will world leaders talk about?

FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Cuba struggles to shore up subsidized milk supply for children

FILE PHOTO: Helpers fill bottles with milk to be distributed among people in need at a soup kitchen run by religious group Quisicuaba that is serving a growing number of Cubans struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis, in Havana, Cuba January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Yander Zamora/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Helpers fill bottles with milk to be distributed among people in need at a soup kitchen run by religious group Quisicuaba that is serving a growing number of Cubans struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis, in Havana, Cuba January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Yander Zamora/File Photo

Cuban perfumist makes home-grown fragrance with surprise ingredient

Tobacco leaves hang inside a curing barn at a farm in Cuba's western province of Pinar del Rio, February 16, 2015. Cuba will host the 17th Habanos Festival, the world's premier cigar event, from February 23 to 27.  REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/ File photo
Tobacco leaves hang inside a curing barn at a farm in Cuba's western province of Pinar del Rio, February 16, 2015. Cuba will host the 17th Habanos Festival, the world's premier cigar event, from February 23 to 27.  REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/ File photo

Families of jailed Cuban protesters file petition for their freedom

FILE PHOTO: People detain a protester during a rally in Havana, Cuba, July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
FILE PHOTO: People detain a protester during a rally in Havana, Cuba, July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.