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Royalty, iconic aircraft, infamous crashes – Kolkata airport brings alive a century of memories
Royalty, iconic aircraft, infamous crashes – Kolkata airport brings alive a century of memories
Published on Dec 21, 2024 01:45 PM IST
PTI |
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is an intimate and objective picture of a nation that has managed to withstand American sanctions for over six decades, a story of how a publisher and editor loses himself trying to find Kabir, and a memoir about a life spent studying India’s birds and landscapes and fighting for endangered species
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 05:30 AM IST
HT Team
This world leader stunned Indira Gandhi with a bear hug
A new book recalls Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro famously bear-hugging Indira Gandhi at the 1983 NAM Summit in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 02:23 PM IST
Trump reignites conspiracy theories about Justin Trudeau and his mom Margaret
Donald Trump reignited the baseless conspiracy theory about Justin Trudeau, stating that he “could be” the son of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:20 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Bill Richardson, ex-US diplomat who freed Americans held by Saddam Hussein, dies
Bill Richardson, who also served as governor of New Mexico and the US energy secretary, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday night
Published on Sep 03, 2023 06:38 AM IST
AFP |
US planned to assassinate Raul Castro in 1960: Declassified documents
"These documents remind us of a dark and sinister past in US operations against the Cuban revolution," National Security Archive analyst Peter Kornbluh told AFP.
Published on Apr 18, 2021 05:55 AM IST
AFP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Cuba's Raul Castro to step down, ending 60 years of family monopoly
On Friday, an 89-year-old Raul Castro will relinquish the country's most powerful position -- that of party first secretary -- to 60-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba's president.
_1618537457225_1618537480489.jpg "Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) holds up the arm of his brother, Raul Castro, first secretary of Cuba's communist party.(Reuters / File Photo)")
Published on Apr 16, 2021 07:17 AM IST
AFP |
Cuba gets first prime minister in over 40 years
The appointment of Marrero, 56, as head of government is part of a process of decentralization and generational change from the revolutionary old guard that is aimed at extending and protecting Communist Party rule.
Updated on Dec 22, 2019 08:39 AM IST
Havana | Agence France-Presse
Havana at 500: A city in four portraits
As Havana celebrate its 500th anniversary on November 16, four Havana residents reflect upon the city’s historic sites, street art and how Havana people are cheerful. Read on.
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 03:43 PM IST
Havana | Agence France-Presse
Alicia Alonso, the ballet legend from Cuba, dies at age 98
One of the greatest 20th century ballerinas, Alonso used her star power to make a sometimes elitist art form popular on her Caribbean island, forging the world’s largest ballet school with a unique bravura style.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 01:29 PM IST
Cuba | Reuters
Cuba falls in love with beards again - and it’s not about Fidel Castro
Cubans and beards have gone hand in hand, or cheek by jowl, since the days of Fidel Castro’s revolution, but after falling out of favour, facial hair is back - and this time, it’s not political.
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 03:38 PM IST
Havana | Agence France-Presse
In India on 60 years of Cuban revolution, Che’s daughter says world needs more people like him
Che was assassinated when she was just six years old.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, NEW DELHI | Saubhadra Chatterji
For Cubans, a day at the beach is no easy task
Another reason Cubans are kept off their island’s beaches is tourism. Last year’s 4.75 million visitors brought in $3.3 billion — money the Cuban government sorely needs as it struggles under crippling US sanctions.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 01:02 PM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Havana
Cuba around the world: 60 years of weapons and white coats
Cuba offered its support to several African independence movements in a decade in which most of the continent shook off the shackles of European colonialism.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 12:35 PM IST
Havana | Agence France-Presse
Miguel Diaz-Canel set to be Cuba’s first non-Castro president in six decades
Raul Castro will stay head of the Communist Party, remaining as the most powerful person in Cuba for the time being
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 10:53 PM IST
Associated Press, Havana | Associated Press