Helping Cuba

Oct 31, 2024 | cepr.net | Helping Cuba |Adam Fishbein

In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering October 2024: US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Tom West assigned to Office of Sanctions Coordination; envoy position scrapped; The international community condemns the embargo on Cuba as the island is plunged into darkness; The New York Times asks whether current tensions with Iran could have been avoided had Biden returned to the nuclear deal and lifted Trump’s sanctions; The US and allies establish a new North Korea sanctions enforcement...

Oct 23, 2024 | almendron.com | Helping Cuba |Michael Horowitz

At the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian forces deployed a handful of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aerial vehicles to hit Russian targets. Those precise drone strikes were a sign of things to come. More than two years into the war, the TB2 is still a fixture of Ukraine’s arsenal, but it has been joined by a plethora of other uncrewed systems. Similar technology features in the current conflicts in the Middle East.

Oct 23, 2024 | almendron.com | Helping Cuba |Carlos Lozada

Nunca he considerado que la palabra “migrante” sea mi tarjeta de presentación, aunque siempre me ha acompañado. Llegué a este país por primera vez cuando era un niño de 3 años, a mediados de la década de 1970, y mi familia se estableció en el norte de California, en una pequeña ciudad con árboles tan espesos que sus ramas se entremezclaban en lo alto de las carreteras.

Oct 22, 2024 | dnyuz.com | Helping Cuba

Fall City, Wash. — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Several people called 911 around 5 a.m. to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Mellis said at a media briefing Monday afternoon.

Oct 22, 2024 | dnyuz.com | Helping Cuba

“Blade Runner 2049” producers filed a lawsuit against billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk for allegedly using images from the film without permission at the Tesla robotaxi launch event. Alcon Entertainment, one of the production companies behind “Blade Runner 2049,” is suing Musk — along with Tesla and Warner Bros.