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Hurricane Matthew batters Haiti and Cuba INTERNATIONAL

Hurricane Matthew batters Haiti and Cuba

Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, powered towards the Bahamas and the US coast early on Wednesday after battering Haiti and Cuba with torrential rain.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hurricane Matthew claims first victims INTERNATIONAL

Hurricane Matthew claims first victims

Hurricane Matthew claimed its first victims, officials said Monday, leaving one dead and one person missing in Haiti as it churns through the Caribbean as the most menacing storm in nearly a decade.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Powerful Hurricane Matthew barrels towards Jamaica, Haiti INTERNATIONAL

Powerful Hurricane Matthew barrels towards Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Matthew, the most devastating Caribbean storm in a decade, barrelled towards Jamaica and Haiti Saturday, on a path that forecasters said could eventually take it to the eastern United States.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Five Cuban volleyball players jailed for rape in Finland INTERNATIONAL

Five Cuban volleyball players jailed for rape in Finland

Five members of Cuba's national volleyball team were jailed on Tuesday in Finland for a rape that took place during a Volleyball World League event in July, a district court said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Inaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba INTERNATIONAL

Inaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba

The first regular commercial flight in more than 50 years from the United States landed in Cuba on Wednesday, as the two nations took the latest step in their efforts to boost ties.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Historic leader Fidel Castro turns 90 in new Cuba INTERNATIONAL

Historic leader Fidel Castro turns 90 in new Cuba

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance as he turned 90 on Saturday in an island transformed from the one he led for half a century.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama to visit Cuba in March, pledges to address human rights INTERNATIONAL

Obama to visit Cuba in March, pledges to address human rights

President Barack Obama announced he and First Lady Michelle Obama will make a landmark visit to Cuba on March 21-22, pledging to address human rights.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US allows up to 110 daily flights to Cuba INTERNATIONAL

US allows up to 110 daily flights to Cuba

The US and Cuba yesterday signed an agreement authorising up to 110 daily US commercial flights to Havana and nine other destinations in the communist island, restoring regular air travel for the first time in more than 50 years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba INTERNATIONAL

After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba

Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East.

4:45 AM November 25 2016