Cuba implements scientific actions to treat arboviruses

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 28 (ACN) In the current epidemiological context in Cuba, characterized by the simultaneous circulation of several arboviruses, the National Health System is strengthening measures at all levels of care to ensure a more...

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

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Researchers at UAlbany contribute hurricane research

Forecasters for days recognized the devastation Hurricane Melissa would bring to Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. Some of the research that helps inform forecasters is generated out of the University at Albany’s Department of...

Hurricane Melissa leaves Caribbean 'unrecognizable' as dead animals litter roads and storm barrels toward the Bahamas

By JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR and RACHEL BOWMAN, US NEWS REPORTER Updated: 16:55 EDT, 29 October 2025 Hurricane Melissa has carved a path of devastation through the Caribbean as it barrels toward the Bahamas. Melissa pummeled Jamaica on...

Washington Offers Humanitarian Lifeline to Cuba Amid Hurricane Melissa Devastation and Renewed United States Embargo Backlash

Washington, D.C. – October 31, 2025 – In a rare gesture of outreach amid longstanding geopolitical tensions, the United States has pledged immediate humanitarian aid to Cuba in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, one of the most ferocious storms to...

UFC fighter Isaac Dulgarian reportedly released after controversial loss to Yadier del Valle

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The media counteroffensive: The Cuban experience

Pedro Monzón Barata explores Cuba’s “media counteroffensive,” where culture, education, and solidarity serve as ideological trenches defending truth and sovereignty in an age of disinformation and digital warfare. In today's hyperconnected world,...

Election Day 2025: Five predictions on crucial New Jersey, California, New York and Virginia races

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Cuba Continues Fight Against Arboviruses

Cuba continues its fight against arboviruses (diseases transmitted by arthropods). The current fundamental health problem in the Caribbean country, stated Dr. Carilda Peña García, Deputy Minister of Public Health. During a press conference this...

Slog AM: Big Tech Has a Secret Code With Israel, Trump Takes Another Swipe at Trans Healthcare, Issaquah Is Sick of ICE

Why the Fuck Would You Do That: What is it about cooking up a Halloween costume that makes people lose all critical thinking skills? Every year, some white guy will put on a Native American war bonnet, or some idiot decides it’s cool to dress as a...

Climate change is making hurricanes like Melissa the norm, scientists warn

The unseasonably warm water that helped Hurricane Melissa grow into a Category 5 storm before it made landfall in Jamaica is likely to remain, making historically strong storms like Melissa increasingly frequent, scientists warn. Melissa is the...

Is the American Flamingo Making a Comeback in Florida?

If you ever get the chance to see flamingos in the wild it’s a sight worth the travel. A group of them is called a flamboyance and their striking color, size and striking features do make for a flamboyant and memorable sight. There are now just 6...

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, say scientists

30 October 2025, 09:06 | Updated: 30 October 2025, 14:20 Hurricane Melissa was made four times more likely by climate change, according to a study. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. The category 5 hurricane that struck...

Flashpoint’s origin story: An escape from Cuba and a grandfather’s American dream

Danny Martinez did not believe comic book stores existed any longer growing up. Watching the portrayal of those stores on television shows, such as “The Simpsons,” led him to think it was only around in the 1980s and early 1990s. At the time,...

Singer Sammy Arriaga is bridging Cuban, country cultures in Nashville

Sammy Arriaga is releasing the first fully bilingual country Latino album, "Heart in Texas." The album features seven English tracks, six of which also appear as Spanish versions. Arriaga, a first-generation Cuban-American, aims to unite cultures...

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

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Deadly Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba: What we know so far

People across the northern Caribbean are reeling from the destruction left behind by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, as rescue and recovery efforts intensify in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. The storm, which brought...

Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the United Nations

8 Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, stated today at the United Nations that the blockade is a policy of collective punishment, which he characterizes as an act of genocide. Due to its importance, we are transmitting in...

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Cuba, kills at least 30 in Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were killed....

Hurricane Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, devastates Jamaica, pounds Cuba and barrels through Caribbean

Havana: Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were...