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The Cuban government, irked by the publication of a U.S. government report that continues to include the island on its list of nations sponsoring terrorism, has published its own list of what it calls wanted “terrorists,” which includes the names of well-known Miami-based Cuban activists, media personalities and influencers who are critical of the government. For the first time, Cuba’s Ministry of Interior published Thursday a list of people “wanted” by Cuban authorities for allegedly promoting, planning, financing or committing acts related to terrorism in Cuba and abroad. Most of them live i......

An ex-US diplomat and adviser to former President Barack Obama was arrested Wednesday for hurling anti-Islamic remarks at halal vendors in Manhattan, cops said. Police cuffed 30-year State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, 66, on charges of harassment and stalking as a hate crime for spewing Islamophobic remarks to vendors on E. 83rd St. near Second Ave. on Nov. 7, cops said. Videos posted to social media allegedly depicted the former diplomat laughing as he asked food vendors, “Did you rape your daughter like Muhammad did?” and “If we killed 4,000 Palestinian kids, you know what? It wasn’......

Nikki Haley has surged into second place in a new poll of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary race, leaving Ron DeSantis in the dust even as former President Donald Trump maintains an overwhelming lead. The former United Nations ambassador and Palmetto State governor jumped to 22% support in the CNN poll released Tuesday, doubling up on DeSantis with 11%. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., was mired behind at 6% with other candidates trailing at 2% or less. Haley’s rise in South Carolina comes on the heels of her pulling into a tie for second with DeSantis at 16% apiece in a new poll ......

In an apparent policy reversal, Cuba’s ambassador to Russia said the Cuban government would not stop its citizens from enlisting in the Russian army to fight in Ukraine, despite earlier statements by the island’s authorities reporting the arrest of 17 people involved in recruiting Cubans for the Russian army and assurances that Cuba was firmly against such activities. “We have nothing against Cubans who just want to sign a contract and legally take part in this operation with the Russian army,” the Cuban ambassador to Moscow, Julio Antonio Garmendia Peña, told Russian state news agency Ria on ......

The origami cranes pour out of Whole Foods and Metropolitan Market bags, a Hammermill crate and a Häagen-Dazs box. More than 1,000 pile up on the table: hot pink cranes. Orange and yellow and green cranes. Cranes with stylized waves crashing along their wings, cranes patterned with wisteria and gold fans, cranes with constellations, cranes with chrysanthemums, cranes made from paper commemorating the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Hisao Inagaki, the consul general of Japan in Seattle, sits down next to the heap of paper birds dumped onto the table. The soft-spoken diplomat has folded a crane e......

More than two decades after he was returned to Cuba from the United States following a diplomatic crisis and a custody battle between his father and his Miami relatives, Elián González says his election on Sunday to Cuba’s National Assembly puts him in a position to help improve the strained relationship between the two countries. “I think I could be someone the American people recognize, and I can help bring the American and Cuban people together, and not just the people, but also that our governments reach an understanding and remove all the barriers between us. Our country doesn’t have any ......