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Thousands of Cubans rallied in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana Friday to protest America’s military activity in Latin America and pay tribute to the 32 Cuban military officers killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela.

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.

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

From Havana to Vancouver, all eyes were on the skies Sunday evening when the full lunar eclipse bathed the moon in a reddish-orange glow, called a ‘super blood wolf moon.’

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.

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.

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.

The NDP is set to put forward a motion, which the Conservatives are expected to support, calling for a full public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canada’s democratic process. The mounting pressure on the Trudeau government to provide transparency into alleged meddling, how top civil servants evaluated Canada’s response to possible interference in...

Lunar New Year celebrations to mark the “year of the rabbit” were held on Saturday and Sunday in cities around the world, including Beijing, China, Havana, Cuba and New York City.

Julio Avila married a woman from B.C. and moved here from Cuba. He missed the music scene in Havana and became quite depressed. So at the urging of his wife, he started his band. As Jay Durant reports on This Is BC, they are getting gigs across the province.

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.

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’...