Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island’s government
The Cuban government said the pardons were a “humanitarian gesture” in connection with Holy Week and didn’t mention mounting pressures
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Saturday, April 25, 2026
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- Mexico’s Sheinbaum denies ‘diplomatic crisis’ with Spain after conquest row
- Strait of Hormuz closed again, Iran says, as ships attacked
- At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages
- Pope says ‘tyrants’ speech was not aimed at Trump
- Venezuela’s Machado to hold Madrid rally as opposition frozen out after Maduro capture
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Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes
Unite accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second year Unite has accused Birmingham city
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ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to”accurately document
Read MoreNHS rehabilitation care staff shortage fails stroke patients, say health leaders
People receive rehab only three to four days a week in hospital – and one to two days once they
Read MoreA day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis
From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war
Read MoreNuns who broke back into their Austrian convent ‘are step closer to being able to stay’
Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign
Read MoreCanadian woman held with daughter by ICE is released after nearly three weeks of detention
Tania Warner is fitted with ankle monitor and released along with seven-year-old daughter Ayla Luca after being deemed not a
Read MoreArtemis II blasts ever closer to the far side of the Moon
The mission’s last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth’s orbit for the first time
Read MoreIran vows retaliation after deadly US strike on bridge in Karaj
Iranian officials say the country’s largest bridge will be “built back stronger,” but America’s standing won’t recover.
Read MoreTwo NSW teenagers charged over violent extremist material allegedly linked to terror
Police say they found a ballistic-style vest, several notebooks and literature they allege contained extremist references Two New South Wales
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