Sources: Straits Times
Trump revokes Biden's removal of Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list. 2025-01-20
Cuba reports a record 7,745 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 308,599. 2021-07-22
Cuba approves its first animal welfare law after pressure from animal rights movement groups. The decree will regulate scientific experiments on animals, the handling of stray cats and dogs, and veterinarian practices in the country. Some civil society groups say the decree doesn't go far enough, as it doesn't outlaw animal sacrifice or cockfighting. 2021-02-27
Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting Cuba and The Bahamas as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km-h). 2017-09-8
The remains of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro are interred beside independence leader José Martí. 2016-12-4
At least seven people have been killed and another 40 hospitalised from drinking illegal alcohol in the Cuban capital Havana. 2013-07-31
Christian Life Movement spokesman Regis Iglesias Ramirez in Cuba announces the launch of a new Facebook page called “Waiting for Benedict XVI” to promote the pontiff's upcoming visit and defend the right of all Cubans to welcome him. 2012-02-21
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners. 2010-07-8
Guillermo Fariñas, a hunger striker in Cuba, is reported to be "close to death" by authorities, in his latest hunger strike attempt. 2010-07-3
Cuban President Raúl Castro "laments" the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata, who was on a hunger strike for more than 80 days in protest of prison conditions in the country. 2010-02-24