Southwest to serve St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island, beginning in early...

Airline begins adding new destinations to its network for the first time since 2021 DALLAS, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) intends to grow its network in 2026 initially with new service at Cyril E. King...

Cuban minister: We don’t have beggars, they’re all in disguise

A minister in Cuba’s government has resigned after she claimed the communist run country does not have beggars, but instead people “disguised as beggars”. Marta Elena Feitó, who held the labour and social security portfolio, made the comment...

Cuba mourns death of former Nigerian president

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, expressed his heartfelt condolences on the death of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on...

NY group launches Caribbean Diaspora Permanent Natural Disaster Fund

Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, center in tangerine outfit, with members of the New York-based Caribbean Diaspora United, Inc. (CDU). Photo by Nelson A. King Given the region’s vulnerability to hurricanes and...

Cuban parliamentary commissions to debate today on children, adolescents, and youth

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) The analysis and approval of the draft opinion on the Code of Children, Adolescents, and Youth will be among the priorities of the permanent working groups of the National Assembly of People's Power today, as a previous...

Cuban deputies held exchange on airport services in the country

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) Members of the Permanent Commission for Service Assistance of the National Assembly of People's Power discussed airport services in the country and ways to improve this management. At the Havana Convention Center, where...

Cuban labor minister resigns after her suggestion beggars were pretending sparked backlash

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons Sworn In as Suriname’s First Female President

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons. X/ @ElUniversal July 16, 2025 Hour: 11:56 am On Wednesday, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons was sworn in as president of Suriname, marking a historic moment as she becomes the first woman to serve as head of state in the South...

European Activists in Cuba for July 26 National Celebration

Havana, July 15 (ACN) The Jose Marti Solidarity-with-Cuba brigade, made up of 54 activists from 10 European countries are already in Cuba, where they will join the local people at celebrations for National Rebellion Day on July 26th. The friends...

Artex Has a Lot of Income but Does Not Pay Cuban Musicians and Artists

The provincial branch of Matanzas collected 257 million pesos in 2024: “The money enters the box office and the talent is forgotten.” If the profits were so significant, where is the salary of the artists? / Ricardo López Hevia 14ymedio, Pablo...

US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to Africa's Eswatini

The United States sent five migrants it describes as "barbaric" criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...

Cuban minister faces backlash for saying there are no beggars in Cuba

HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban minister sparked criticism Tuesday, including from the president, after saying that there are no beggars in Cuba, only people disguised as such, and suggesting that those who clean windshields at crossroads have an “easy”...

Labor Minister Who Sees No Beggars in Cuba Fired

Miguel Díaz Canel and Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito. The minister’s statements sparked a wave of criticism and angry comments on social media. Screenshot by Canal Caribe By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES – Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito tried...

Cuban minister under pressure for saying country has no beggars

HAVANA - Cuba's labor minister denied there are beggars in the poor, Communist-run country in official testimony, prompting rare criticism by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel of one of his own ministers on Tuesday. "We have seen people who appear...

AI could create world’s first trillionaire, and it might be just 'a dude in a basement': Shark Tank's Mark Cuban

Artificial intelligence isn’t just transforming industries — it could also make someone the richest person in history. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban believes that AI holds the key to creating the world’s first trillionaire, thanks to its immense...

Cuban Beach Volleyball Duo Takes Gold and Nearly $2,000 in the Russian League

Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo obtain 600 points and a better position in the world ranking. Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo will play another stage of the Russian Cup in Saint Petersburg. / Facebook/CubanSp1ke 14ymedio, Havana, 14 June 2025 —...

US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Jamaican man is among five foreign nationals described by the United States as “barbaric” criminals who have been sent to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely...

Cuban minister under pressure for saying country has no beggars

New US travel ESTA rules in full as millions of UK tourists face extra charge

UK holidaymakers bound for the United States are facing new ESTA regulations. Brits dreaming of a trip to North America will now find themselves forking out twice as much for the "visa waiver" required for entry. Following the enactment of fresh...

US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to small African kingdom of Eswatini

Trailers sit parked in lines as work progresses on a new migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca...