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U.S. demands that Cuba close its Russian and Chinese spy outposts have come as the Trump administration exerts maximum pressure on the island with an energy blockade and widening sanctions. Here’s a look at how some of the most noteworthy agents from both counties managed to operate under the radar — until they were caught. […]

While thousands of Cubans have been marching in the streets to oppose the U.S. indictment of their former president Raúl Castro, a literal daughter of the revolution is singing a different tune. Source link

A federal judge ruled Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations. Source link

The top prosecutor from Minnesota’s Hennepin County announced the arrest Friday of an ICE officer charged for shooting a Venezuela-born man in January at the height of a deadly immigration blitz launched by the Donald Trump administration. Source link

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a ‌record-breaking heat wave this week, as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain’s aging infrastructure. Source link

Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon’s Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Israel escalates attacks against Hezbollah militants after warning thousands more Lebanese to flee their villages. Source link

An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk’s IPO-bound SpaceX. Source link

NATO member Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the first time in the war that a drone had hit a densely populated area in Romania and caused injuries. Source link

Former U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi will appear in a closed congressional hearing Friday about how the Epstein files have been handled by the Department of Justice. Roughly half a dozen Epstein survivors — including Sharlene Rochard, the lone Canadian to come forward — made the trip to Capitol Hill to wait outside, hoping for […]

Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old from California, won a tense tiebreaker to take the title at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the best young speller in the English language. Source link