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A dual U.S.-Russian citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday after authorities learned she had donated just over $50 to a charity supporting Ukraine. Ksenia Khavana, 33, was arrested after travelling to Russia to visit family.

A mysterious illness that has affected Canadian and American diplomats in Cuba may be linked to a top secret unit within the Russian military, according to an investigation by CBS News, The Insider, and Der Spiegel. Joel Senick reports on the evidence, and the reaction from the Kremlin and the U.S. State Department.

A lawyer for Canadian diplomats suing the federal government over what’s become known as “Havana syndrome” says a new report from a U.S. research centre raises concerns. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explores the findings and ongoing legal drama that began in Cuba.

The federal carbon tax has increased by 23 per cent, meaning burning fossil fuels will cost most Canadians more money, but they’ll also get more money in rebates. Why hundreds of economists support the hike; how politicians from all sides are criticizing the increase; how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is responding; and why the Liberals’...

The former head of the Kingston area United Way speaks with Global News Morning about her latest achievement.

Summer vacation ends in just over a week. Rob from Effing Seafoods and his daughters, Sierra and Savana, share some great back to school cooking ideas.

After 24 years, United Way KFL&A’s long-time president and CEO, Bhavana Varma, is stepping down at the end of the August.

Bhavana Varma the President and CEO of KFL&A United Way says she plans to continue volunteering and helping several not for profit organizations in the community.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pushed ahead with a trip to Vietnam on Tuesday after delaying the visit over concerns due to an unexplained health incident potentially related to the mysterious Havana Syndrome.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Cuba to Florida was forced to turn back to Havana for an emergency landing Sunday after hitting birds and suffering engine trouble in an incident that saw the cabin fill up with smoke, according to airline and Cuban officials. Video captured from onboard the plane shows the cabin filling up...

The Tampa Bay Rays arrived in Havana on Sunday for their exhibition baseball game against Cuba’s national team on Tuesday.

The Colombian government and the leftist rebel group FARC signed a ceasefire that ended a 50-year conflict on June 23 in Havana, Cuba. This video, uploaded by the Cuban Ministry of External Relations, shows the negotiators in the ceasefire signing the document and, at the end, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC commander Timoleón...

Thu, May 19: The Haida Watchmen Program was set up in the early 1980s for the protection of Gwaii Haanas, where hundreds of archeological and historical sites have been documented. Linda Aylesworth explains the role the Watchmen play, and how they’re protecting and preserving Haida culture through education.

Speaking during the White House briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre assured reporters that government officials who reported Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) of ‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms will continue to receive access to the health care that they need. “We understand that people truly went through an ordeal,” Jean-Pierre said. “The president’s commitment to the...

At least four people are dead after a strong explosion hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana, Cuba on Friday, tearing a gash several floors high into the side of the building.

Dr. Julio Guerra Izquierdo, the head of the hospital services department in Cuba’s Ministry of Health, said Sunday that the death toll from the explosion at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana had risen to 31. Of those killed, 17 were men and 14 were women, according to his figures. Four of the dead were children.

Havana & Halifax Unite! Los Primos is continuing to create great harmony between Nova Scotia & Cuba. Meet the man behind the cultural exchange and a talented young Cuban violinist studying abroad this summer.

Fidel Castro’s ashes have begun a four-day journey across Cuba from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago.

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood says worries regarding women’s issues have helped send her celebrated dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” back up bestseller lists as she attends Cuba’s annual book fair in Havana.

The closure of the Canadian Embassy’s immigration office in Havana, Cuba has left many struggling to get visa’s to come to Canada. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, protesters in Montreal are asking the government to help.