Havana

In the Cuban capital of Havana over 4000 residential buildings have suffered as a result of hurricane Irma, BNR reported.

Hurricane Irma is lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several Caribbean islands, reported BBC. 

The category five storm made landfall on the Camaguey Archipelago, off the north-eastern coast.

But the Bahamas have largely been spared after Irma changed track.

Mysterious "incidents" caused physical symptoms in at least 16 Americans linked to the U.S. embassy in Cuba, the State Department said on Aug. 24, in what media reports have described as an "acoustic attack." 

U.S. and Canadian officials were investigating Aug. 10  after diplomats posted to Havana fell ill, amid reports that they may have been targeted by a mysterious sonic weapon.

U.S. officials refused to directly blame Cuba itself for the "incidents," which appear to have begun last year, and Havana insisted it is working to protect the U.S. mission.

Olaff Alejo's salt lamps are eerily beautiful and designed to purify the air.

Yet the Cuban designer must rummage through trash bins and scour the sidewalks of Havana for scraps of wood and obsolete electrical devices to manufacture them.

During the Cold War, international relations was built on the bipolarity between the liberal value system of the West, based on fundamental human rights and freedoms, and the value system believed to be the opposite of it prevailing in Communist countries.

Towering cranes dot the Havana skyline as communist-run Cuba races to build luxury hotels, amid indignation among some residents and concern that U.S. President Donald Trump might reverse a detente that fueled the tourist boom.

Cuba's first ultra luxury hotel opened its doors on May 22 in Havana, with guests paying up to $2,500 a night to stay in five-star comfort on the Communist island.

Agustina del Carmen Castro Ruz, the youngest sibling of Fidel and Raul Castro, has died in Cuba. She was 78.

Agustina Castro died Sunday at a hospital in Havana due to complications from a recent surgery following a fractured hip, sister Juanita Castro said.

She told The Associated Press that Agustina had been in poor health for more than a year.

HAVANA - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic is attending the 22nd regular meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States in Havana.