Cuba’s 79-Year-Old Folk Singer Now Armed for an Invasion

HAVANA, March 20 (Reuters) – Cuba’s armed ⁠forces ⁠presented 79-year-old folk singer Silvio ⁠Rodriguez with an AKM war rifle and a ceremonial ​replica on Friday, grateful for his social media post that he was prepared to ‌take up arms against any ‌U.S. invasion. Rodriguez has long been a symbol of the Cuban revolution, rising ⁠to …

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Putin Tells Tehran: Russia Stands by Iran

By Guy Faulconbridge and Marina Bobrova MOSCOW, March ⁠21 (Reuters) – ⁠Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated ⁠Iranian leaders on Nowruz and said Moscow remained a loyal ​friend and reliable partner to Tehran, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The extent of ‌Moscow’s support for Iran, though, ‌is in dispute. Some Iranian sources have said that they have …

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Most of Ukraine’s Chernihiv Region Without Power After Russian Attack

KYIV, March ⁠21 (Reuters) – ⁠Most of ⁠Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv ​region was left without ‌power on Saturday ‌after ⁠a ⁠Russian drone attack, local governor Viacheslav ​Chaus said. He said repair works were ​underway to fix the ⁠damage. The ⁠region, which ⁠borders ​Russia and Belarus, had a ​pre-war ⁠population of nearly a million. The regional capital, …

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How Iran’s IRGC Rebooted Lebanon’s Hezbollah to Be Ready for War

By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry, Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 21 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) rebuilt Hezbollah’s military command after ⁠it was ⁠mauled by Israel in 2024, plugging gaps with Iranian officers before ⁠restructuring the Lebanese group and laying plans for the war it is now waging in support of Tehran, …

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War Memes and AI Doctors: The Week in Review | U.S. News Decision Points

AI-generated medical advice? A “friendly takeover” of Cuba? For more on those and the rest of the week’s news, read on. I’m Sidney Slon. Monday To start the week, Olivier reviewed the Trump administration’s strategy for selling the Iran war to the American public, amid higher gas prices and the first U.S. casualties in the …

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Georgia Pauses Gas Tax for 60 Days as Iran War Fuels Price Surge

March 20 (Reuters) – Georgia Governor ⁠Brian ⁠Kemp on Friday ⁠suspended the state’s gas tax amid rising fuel ​prices as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran enters its third week. The ‌move – the first such ‌relief offered by a U.S. state since the war ⁠started ⁠on February 28 – suspends Georgia’s tax of 33.3 cents …

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How Iranian Americans Are Celebrating Their New Year — or Not

NEW YORK (AP) — War is rippling through their ancestral land — and being waged with the country where they live. This week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope unleashed by this month’s conflict have been wrestling with a new concern: how — or even whether — to celebrate …

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