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Cuba’s battered tourism sector takes another hit as Spain’s Meliá hotel chain shutters some locations

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with long-standing operations in Cuba that are withdrawing from or limiting their business on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while maintaining an oil embargo. Meliá will cease operations at 15 of the 34 hotels it manages …

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It Takes Two rapper Rob Base, who helped bring hip-hop to the mainstream, dead at 59

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ …

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Russian strikes kill 5 in Ukraine right before brief ceasefire takes hold

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid during the night killed at least five …

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick takes a swipe at Canada’s trade strategy ahead of review

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick criticized the current version of North America’s free trade agreement on …

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‘It only takes one’ — Why a runway collision like LaGuardia could happen in Canada

“Stop, stop, stop!” The audio recording from air traffic control moments before Air Canada Flight 8646 collided with a fire truck on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport is harrowing. The CCTV footage showing the impact — the aircraft striking the side of the truck, and then colliding nose-first …

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As war takes its toll in Iran, some still hope for regime change

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. People in Tehran awoke to a dark, inky rain on Sunday, according to witnesses, after Israeli-U.S. …

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Olympic curling controversy takes aim at Canada

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics and …

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Ghislaine Maxwell takes the Fifth in U.S. House committee appearance from prison

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from U.S. House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former president Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their …

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Ye takes out ad in Wall Street Journal to, once again, apologize for antisemitism

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ye, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, on Monday took out a full page ad …

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