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‘I’m On Team Ballmer’: Mark Cuban Wages Online War With Pablo Torre Over Kawhi Leonard Scam
BroBible
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September 4, 2025
© Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Audio By Carbonatix Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban weighed in on the Kawhi Leonard endorsement scandal brought to light by Pablo Torre in the NBA offseason. He did his best to dismiss the recent report....
Is a Debate on the Death Penalty Necessary in Cuba?
Havana Times
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September 4, 2025
The Death Penalty By Amado Viera HAVANA TIMES – On August 24, the people of Ciego de Avila woke up to the alarming news that two “high-risk” inmates had escaped from Canaleta prison. That penitentiary is located roughly halfway between the cities...
Leonardo Padura Presents a Novel in Madrid That Portrays the Disaster of Cuba
14ymedio
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September 4, 2025
The writer describes a country where the poverty of pensioners and the opulence of the new rich coexist Padura acknowledged that the “control industry” is still standing and called the judicial repression following the protests “brutal.”/ 14ymedio...
Senior Chinese official meets Cuban president, Zimbabwean president
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese official Li Xi met here on Thursday with Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa,...
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces SAFE Program Delivers Record Seizures of Fentanyl
Governor of Florida
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ORLANDO, Fla.—Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (SAFE) grant program delivered more resources for law enforcement, more takedowns of traffickers, and record seizures of fentanyl. “It was great to...
If Venezuela Falls, Do Cuba and Nicaragua Go With It?
PJ Media - Virginia
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September 4, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared on "Fox Noticias" with Rachel Campos-Duffy on Wednesday, and she said something that caught my attention. After optimistically explaining why she believes the man who should be president,...
Collin County’s AI Surge: Mark Cuban Foundation Bootcamp Heads To Plano
Local Profile of Collin County - Texas
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This fall, high school students in Plano will have the chance to step into the world of artificial intelligence at no cost. The Mark Cuban Foundation, teaming up with Perficient, is bringing its AI Bootcamp to the city on three consecutive...
China to stand by Cuba in fight against US economic blockade — Xi Jinping
TASS
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September 4, 2025
BEIJING, September 4. /TASS/. Beijing will continue to help Havana weather its economic blockade by the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. "China will continue to firmly support Cuba in its just...
“WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE” – WILL SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE MURDEROUS CUBAN COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP
Miami's Community Newspapers - Florida
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September 4, 2025
As Tax Collector of Miami-Dade County, I will be cracking down on businesses that illegally engage in commerce with the murderous communist regime in Cuba. Florida law is clear. State Statute 205.0532 provides that any local governing authority...
Cuba: Average State Salary Falls from US $18 to $16 a Month
Havana Times
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September 2, 2025
In the first half of this year, the workforce shrank by 6.5%. / ACN The Cuban government boasts of an increase, ignoring inflation and the depreciation of the national currency. By14ymedio HAVANA TIMES – On August 30, the official press celebrated...
Mark Cuban weighs in on Clippers-Kawhi Leonard situation — 'Scammers'
The Mirror US
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September 4, 2025
Former Dallas Mavericks owner has defended Los Angeles Clippers counterpart Steve Ballmer after it was alleged they paid NBA star Kawhi Leonard $28 million for an endorsement deal that doesn't exist. On Wednesday, Pablo Torre dropped a bombshell...
Creole Food Festival aims to gather people in Brooklyn around food and culture with global focus
Haitian Times
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September 8, 2025
Overview: Now in its seventh year, the Creole Food Festival will be held from Sept. 26 to 28 at Brooklyn’s Emily Roebling Plaza. It will feature international Creole cuisines and live entertainment, led by Haitian American R&B singer-songwriter...
New momentum, prospects to foster Vietnam - Cuba friendship
VietnamPlus
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September 4, 2025
Havana (VNA) – First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel has described his official visit to Vietnam from August 31 to September 2 as a success, yielding effective outcomes across...
The Cuban medical mission in China: more than two decades of indelible impact
Diario Granma
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Photo: X account of the Cuban Presidency Beijing.–Yours is undoubtedly a mission that has its peculiarities, its particularities, and also has a number of important contributions, said First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President...
Việt Nam, Cuba set new cooperation priorities for comprehensive cooperation
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI – The state visit to Việt Nam by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez achieved substantive results and marked a significant milestone in strongly advancing the...
Chile's communist crossroads
New Internationalist
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September 8, 2025
‘I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.’ So said US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger before Salvador Allende’s Unidad Popular coalition won Chile’s September...
Ambassador of Cuba to visit Wales for film screening
Nation.Cymru
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September 4, 2025
Ismara Vargas Walter. Image by imo.un is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Aberteifi (Cardigan). Image by Llywelyn2000 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The recently-appointed Ambassador of Cuba to the United Kingdom will make a trip to rural Wales for a...
Cuba Bought $205 Million in Food from the US Between January and May
14ymedio
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September 2, 2025
US-Cuba Trade highlights the role of the private sector in the increase in vehicle and machinery purchases Chicken once again led purchases for another month. / Cubadebate 14ymedio, Havana, 18 July 2025 — Continuing the upward trend experienced...
The Global Governance Initiative is a necessity of our time
Diario Granma
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September 4, 2025
These initiatives seek to instill stability and certainty in a turbulent world. Photo: XINHUA On September 1, 2025, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). With...
Chinese vice president, Cuban president attend event marking 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attended an event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cuba in Beijing on Thursday. Han...