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From Cuba to Nepal: Bulgaria's Growing Foreign Labor Market
Bulgaria is increasingly drawing its workforce from various continents, with the "Migration" Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs allowing foreign nationals from 17 non-EU countries to work in the country during the first seven months of the year.
Nationwide blackout plunges Cuba into darkness
Cuba was racing Friday to restore electricity after the failure of the island's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the cash-strapped country.
The capital Havana came to a virtual standstill as schools closed, public transport ground to a halt and traffic lights stopped functioning.
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Christopher Columbus: Light shed on his origins by Spanish researchers – He was Spanish and Jewish
New findings based on research that spanned over 20 years suggest that Christopher Columbus was likely of Spanish and Sephardic Jewish descent, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists, aiming to solve a five-century-old mystery.
Barack Obama Hits the Campaign Trail for Harris, Takes Aim at Trump in Pennsylvania
Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground Pennsylvania on Thursday, using the opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump as the two candidates prepare for a close race in the state, according to The Hill. The event is part of Obama's strategy to bolster the Democrats' message in the final month of the campaign.
Spanish scientists will announce on Saturday the true origin of Christopher Columbus
Spanish scientists will announce details of the origins of Christopher Columbus on Saturday after using a DNA analysis technique to solve a five-century-old mystery.
Obama blasts 'crazy' Trump in first rally for Harris
Former U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out at "crazy" Donald Trump Thursday and urged voters to back Kamala Harris as he brought his star power to the 2024 election campaign trail for the first time.
Vucevic: I appreciate Cuban support for Serbia's territorial integrity, sovereignty
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic spoke with Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade Leyde Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez on Tuesday about advancement of overall cooperation between the two countries, based on traditional friendship and close ties.
Accused Sept 11 plotters agree to plead guilty at Guantanamo Bay
The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said Wednesday.
September 11: The ‘Mastermind’ behind the terrorist attacks to plead guilty 23 years later
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pakistani national characterized as the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was arrested in 2003 and transferred to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where he has been held since 2006.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 mastermind, agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department has said.
He and two accomplices, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week.