Hurricane Ian: Second-deadliest storm claims over 100 lives, hits livelihood in US- IN PICS
Hurricane Ian has turned the lives of Floridians upside down, as the death toll touches 100 mark. Out of the total deaths, 98 are reported in Florida. Other storm deaths includes five in North Carolina, three in Cuba and one in Virginia. Let us take a look at some of the horrifying pictures of the second-deadliest storms to hit the mainland United States in the 21st century.
Oct 07, 2022, 14:53 PM IST
Hurricane Ian hits southwest Florida as category 4 storm, US President Joe Biden warns citizens
The “extremely dangerous” hurricane Ian landed in southwest Florida with a maximum wind speed of 240 km per hour. Joe Biden labelled the hurricane as “life-threatening”
Sep 29, 2022, 06:55 AM IST
Ian strengthens into a hurricane, heads toward Cuba and Florida
A hurricane warning was in effect for Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa.
Sep 26, 2022, 16:55 PM IST
80 injured, 17 missing as lightning strikes oil storage facility in Cuba
Firefighters are still trying to quell the blaze at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, where the fire began during a thunderstorm Friday night.
Aug 07, 2022, 07:54 AM IST
US bars Cuba, Venezuela from Americas summit; Mexican President, other leaders boycott
The decision to cut out Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua followed weeks of intense deliberations and was due to concerns about human rights and a lack of democracy in the three nations, a senior US official said.
Jun 07, 2022, 07:00 AM IST
Cuba registers new daily records for cases, deaths from Covid-19
Among the new cases, 22 had a source of infection abroad, said Francisco Duran, the ministry`s national director of hygiene and epidemiology.
Aug 02, 2021, 08:30 AM IST
Cuba evacuates nearly 2 lakh people ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa
As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches, Cuba has evacuated 180,000 people. Most of those evacuated went to relatives' homes, while some people sheltered at government facilities.
Jul 05, 2021, 09:16 AM IST
Elsa threatens eastern Caribbean, becomes first Atlantic hurricane of 2021
Elsa was centered about 505 miles (815 kilometers) southeast of Santo Domingo and was moving west-northwest at 30 mph (48 kph). It had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Jul 03, 2021, 07:51 AM IST
In major shift, Donald Trump to allow lawsuits against foreign firms in Cuba
The European Union has already warned it could lodge a challenge with the World Trade Organization.
Apr 17, 2019, 06:40 AM IST
Canada to reduce staff at Cuba embassy after another diplomat falls ill
Canadian and US diplomats in Havana first began complaining of dizziness, headaches and nausea in the spring of 2017.
Jan 31, 2019, 10:31 AM IST
Cubans use latex condoms to catch fish, ferment wine, fix punctures - Find out why
Ferment wine, fix punctures or tie up hair - latex condoms have become the ultimate multipurpose tool on the Communist-run island.
Sep 06, 2018, 21:53 PM IST
India seeks Cuba's help in empowering developing nations
President Ram Nath Kovind in Havana pointed out the "warmth and friendship" between the two nations, and insisted that developing countries "must work together to gain a better place in the global order".
Jun 23, 2018, 09:47 AM IST
Cuba holds parliament meeting to discuss constitutional reform
Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President Miguel Diaz-Canel have chaired an extraordinary session of the Caribbean nation`s parliament to discuss a constitutional reform.
Jun 03, 2018, 08:34 AM IST
Cuba marks end of an era as Raul Castro hands over to Miguel Diaz-Canel
Miguel Diaz-Canel was on Thursday formally elected as Cuba's new president, succeeding Raul Castro.
Apr 19, 2018, 19:13 PM IST
Castro rule nears end in Cuba as lawmakers vote on successor
Cuba's Raul Castro was just hours away from retiring as president on Wednesday, with his vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel set to replace him in a shift that will usher in the island's first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution.
Apr 19, 2018, 06:59 AM IST
Miguel Diaz-Canel formally proposed to replace Castro as Cuban president
Miguel Diaz-Canel was proposed in Cuba`s parliament on Wednesday as the sole candidate to replace Raul Castro as president.
Apr 19, 2018, 00:40 AM IST
Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide, say reports
Castro Junior, 68, also known as "Fidelito" because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment outside of hospital.
Feb 02, 2018, 07:05 AM IST
Cuban revolutionary leader Armando Hart dies at 87
Armando Hart Davalos, a key figure of the Cuban revolution and close friend of Fidel Castro, died Sunday in Havana at the age of 87.
Nov 27, 2017, 10:05 AM IST
Cuba, North Korea reject 'unilateral and arbitrary' US demands
Cuba`s foreign minister and his North Korean counterpart rejected the United States` "unilateral and arbitrary" demands on Wednesday while expressing concern about escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, the ministry said.
Nov 23, 2017, 12:07 PM IST
US to vote against UN resolution calling for end to Cuba embargo
The United States will vote against a U.N. General Assembly resolution on Wednesday calling for the lifting of the decades-old U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, reversing an abstention by Washington last year.
Nov 01, 2017, 16:13 PM IST
