Five killed as Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
Video footage from Miami shows an Amazon Air cargo plane overshoot the runway while attempting to land at the city’s international airport, killing five people and seriously injuring five more. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft crashed just before…
Béisbol: Aroldis Chapman, el noveno pelotero con 400 salvamentos en la MLB
La Habana/El lanzador cubano Aroldis Chapman se convirtió este domingo en el noveno pelotero de la historia en alcanzar 400 salvamentos en el béisbol de las Grandes Ligas. El holguinero, de 38 años, logró esta marca en la victoria de las Medias Rojas de…
Israel warns of ‘full-scale war’ if Palestinian Authority launches Oct. 7-style attack
Israel on Monday threatened a «full-scale war» against the Palestinian Authority if it prepared an attack against Israeli forces or settlements similar to the one launched by Hamas from Gaza on October 7, 2023. The unusual warning, denounced by…
Kyiv air raid alerts at record high as Russia launches round the clock strikes
The alerts are also disrupting the start of the new academic year and forcing school children to leave their classrooms throughout the day. When another air raid began, some students at the Drahomanov Ukrainian State University in central Kyiv headed…
Cuba: Fernando Valdés el espía que ganó la confianza de Posada Carriles
La Habana/Fernando Armando Valdés Pérez, identificado por las autoridades estadounidenses como un agente de inteligencia cubana y detenido el pasado julio, logró durante años infiltrarse en círculos del exilio anticastrista de Miami hasta convertirse en…
Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 stocks for the long haul
Global stock markets have been volatile as investors assess high bond yields and continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There are concerns about the impact of uncertainty in the Middle East on oil prices and consequently on inflation. Investors…
Eiffel Tower workers go on strike after female staff ‘sidelined’ for Hindu group’s visit
Staff at the Eiffel Tower went on strike on Monday, “shocked” by the purported exclusion of female employees during a visit by a Hindu delegation days earlier, according to staff and management. In a statement issued by the CGT trade union, staff…
Thousands turn out in Serbia for funeral of ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladić
Ratko Mladić commanded Bosnian Serb forces in the 1990s against the Bosnian Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) armies. During the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, his troops committed what became known as «ethnic cleansing» in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a bid to expel…
Agricultura: Campesinos cubanos pagan en dólares el combustible que necesitan importar
Madrid/Bajo el mecanismo permitido por el Gobierno oficialmente desde junio, algunas cooperativas agrícolas de Artemisa han comenzado a importar combustible directamente para sostener sus producciones. Esto, sin embargo, resulta inviable para quienes no…
This 45-year-old turned his ‘demoralizing’ job search into a one-man show
In the dim morning light, Tim Millard sat up in bed and checked his phone. «It’s 12:38 in the morning, and I just got an email about one of my job applications,» he said. He opened his inbox. «Ah! Rejected, yet again.» The audience murmured…