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Tourists empty out of Cuba as US fuel blockade bites

AFP, Published on 13/02/2026

» HAVANA — With rolling power cuts, hotel closures, and flight routes suspended for lack of fuel, tourists are gradually emptying out of Cuba, deepening a severe crisis on the cash-strapped island.

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Man sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill Trump in 2024

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» FORT PIERCE (UNITED STATES) - A man who plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the US election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

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Trump cuts India tariffs, says Modi will stop buying Russian oil

AFP, Published on 03/02/2026

» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine.

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Europe scrambles to respond to Trump tariff threat

AFP, Published on 18/01/2026

» BRUSSELS - European leaders on Sunday hit back at US President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland, with far-right Italian leader Giorgia Meloni urging Washington against making a "mistake".

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Can the US put a price tag on Greenland?

Reuters, Published on 09/01/2026

» LONDON — Despite Denmark's repeated insistence that Greenland is not for sale, US President Donald Trump and his team are "talking about what a ‌potential purchase would look like", according to a White House spokeswoman this week.

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Best of frenemies: Saudi, UAE rivalry bursts into view

AFP, Published on 02/01/2026

» DOHA — For years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia projected geopolitical and economic power across the Gulf and beyond, seemingly in tandem.

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Pakistani court sentences jailed ex-PM Khan to 17 years

Reuters, Published on 20/12/2025

» LAHORE, Pakistan - A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts, the court and Khan’s lawyers said.

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Inside the Philippines’ $2-billion flood-control scandal

Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2025

» Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?”

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Salah admired from afar in his Egypt home village as club tensions swirl

AFP, Published on 13/12/2025

» NAGRIG (EGYPT) - In the Nile Delta village of Nagrig, residents love local son Mohamed Salah from a distance, with ructions between the Egyptian super striker and long-time English club Liverpool doing little to dim his lustre at home.

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Hardships mount in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise

AFP, Published on 08/12/2025

» JAKARTA - Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 Monday following weeks of heavy rain.