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Canada Being Sued by Its Own Diplomats for $21M

Those suffering from mysterious Cuba ailment say government put them in danger

(Newser) - Some Canadian diplomats are suing their own country. As the BBC reports, the lawsuit stems from the mysterious ailment affecting people who were stationed in Cuba—the same ailment that has struck American diplomats as well. Canada has documented 14 illnesses among its staff, and five of the victims and...

After 14th Illness, Canada Pulls Staff From Cuba Embassy

Cuba calls move 'incomprehensible'

(Newser) - Canada announced Wednesday it is removing up to half of the Canadians at its embassy in Cuba after another diplomat fell mysteriously ill. Canada has confirmed 14 cases of unexplained health problems since early 2017. Twenty-six workers at the US embassy in Cuba have also been affected, suffering a range...

A New, Simpler Theory on Cuban Sonic Mystery

Crickets, say scientists

(Newser) - All kinds of theories have been floated to explain the mysterious noise blamed for ailments akin to brain trauma at the American embassy in Cuba. Now two scientists have put forth the simplest theory of all: crickets. More specifically, the scientists say they believe a certain cricket—the Indies short-tailed...

'Homerun Agreement' Reached Between US, Cuba

Players can sign MLB contracts without defecting

(Newser) - Major League Baseball, its players' association, and the Cuban Baseball Federation have reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades. The agreement, which runs through Oct. 31, 2021,...

Study: Proof Diplomats Were Physically Harmed in Cuba

Doctors who initially examined them found inner-ear damage

(Newser) - The cause remains a mystery, but the physical proof is there. So says a paper published by doctors who initially examined 25 of the 26 afflicted US embassy workers in Cuba who were struck by mystery ailments in late 2016, reports the AP . Doctors at the University of Miami found...

Bolton: These 3 Countries Are the 'Troika of Tyranny'

He slams leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela

(Newser) - More than 16 years after arguing that George W. Bush should add Cuba, Syria, and Libya to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea in the "Axis of Evil," John Bolton has coined a new term. In a policy speech at a conference in Miami, the national security adviser dubbed...

Scientist Floats Simpler Theory on Cuban Mystery Ailments

Penn prof says cause may have been inadvertent emissions from ultrasound 'spytech'

(Newser) - Microwave weapons? That's the latest theory being floated to explain the mysterious ailments suffered by staffers at the American embassy in Cuba. But now a pioneering scientist in that field thinks the idea—based on a principle called the microwave auditory effect—is bogus. Kenneth Foster is a professor...

Wild, Mysterious Theory on Cuba Ills: Microwave Weapons

A theory about what happened to the US diplomats there emerges

(Newser) - The doctors who examined 21 diplomats who reported being victims of mysterious attacks in Cuba have a theory on a possible cause, and it's a wild one: that microwave weapons were used against them. Dr. Douglas Smith, who is on that team of doctors, calls them the "main...

Scientist: Cuban Illnesses May Be 'Mass Psychogenic' Event

Medical journal publishes letters critical of an original study

(Newser) - Something made a slew of American diplomats in Cuba sick last year, and scientists still aren't sure what it was. A major study commissioned by the US government found that diplomats suffered concussion-like symptoms, and many of them reported hearing strange noises before falling ill. Now, however, four separate...

Mystery Ailment: 11 Americans Pulled From China

Evacuations are the latest chapter in strange story of US employees in China and Cuba reporting odd neurological symptoms

(Newser) - In a deepening medical and diplomatic mystery , US officials have confirmed that the State Department has pulled at least 11 Americans from China who reported strange neurological symptoms, reports the New York Times . Eight of the evacuees are connected to the US consulate in Guangzhou, two are from the embassy...

More Americans Sent Home Amid China 'Sonic Attack' Fears

Consulate workers suffered 'neurological symptoms'

(Newser) - Something strange is happening to American diplomats and their families at a US Consulate in China—and it has disturbing echoes of the mysterious attacks on Americans in Cuba. The State Department evacuated at least two more Americans from China Wednesday after they fell ill with what one of them,...

Only 3 Survive Cuban Plane Crash
Only 3 Survive
Cuban Plane Crash
May 19, 2018 7:30 AM CDT

Only 3 Survive Cuban Plane Crash

There was a 4th survivor, but that person died in the hospital

(Newser) - Amid tragedy, a sliver of good news: Three women have survived the plane crash in Cuba that killed more than 100 Friday, the BBC reports. The survivors were pulled from the wreckage at the crash site and all are said to be in serious condition, per Reuters . There was a...

About 100 Feared Dead in Cuba Plane Crash

Passenger jet went down near Havana airport

(Newser) - Cuba is dealing with an aviation disaster Friday after a passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Jose Martí International Airport in Havana. The Boeing 737 carried 105 passengers and nine crew members, reports Reuters , and state TV says that only three people survived, per the New York Times . Five...

Castro Out: Cuban Government Selects New Leader

Inside the country's vote for a new president

(Newser) - The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country's single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. The certain approval of Diaz-Canel by members of...

Eldest Fidel Castro Son Takes Own Life
Eldest Castro Son Kills Himself
Feb 2, 2018 1:31 AM CST

Eldest Castro Son Kills Himself

'Fidelito' was being treated for depression

(Newser) - The eldest son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has taken his own life after months of being treated for "profound depression," according to state-run media in Cuba. Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, nicknamed "Fidelito," was 68. Castro-Diaz Balart, who was born during Castro's brief, pre-Cuban Revolution...

Canada's Diplomats in Cuba Afflicted, but It's Clueless, Too

Country says 8 Canadians have now been found to have suffered odd health problems

(Newser) - Fresh off the news that an FBI report based on months of investigation found no evidence that sound waves could have damaged the health of American diplomats in Cuba, a new twist in the case: Canada on Wednesday said the inexplicable problems haven't let up. The CBC reports...

Tillerson Digs In on Cuba as FBI Finds No Evidence of Attacks

Secretary of state refuses to send diplomats back, will likely form a review board

(Newser) - The United States would be "putting people intentionally in harm's way" if it sent diplomats back to Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tells the AP , even as a new FBI report casts doubt on the theory that Americans were hit by "sonic attacks." Following months...

Brain Abnormalities Found in US Embassy Victims in Cuba

White matter changes are most specific finding yet about Havana mystery attacks

(Newser) - Doctors treating the US Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain the hearing, vision, balance, and memory damage, the AP has learned. It's the most specific finding to date about physical damage, showing that whatever it was...

White House Blocks Americans From Cuban Hotels, Shops

New rules to make it harder for Americans to visit Cuba take effect Thursday

(Newser) - Americans who visit Cuba must now avoid hotels, shops, tour companies, and other businesses on a lengthy list released Wednesday by the Trump administration as part of a new policy aimed at cracking down on the communist-run island's government, the AP reports. US travelers will once again be required...

Sonic Weapon? Cuba Calls US Accusation 'Science Fiction'

Officials label US allegation 'slander'

(Newser) - Cuban military officials have a few words to describe the notion that Havana has some kind of sonic weapon it has used against American diplomats: "science fiction" and "slander." In interviews with reporters, Cuban officials say they have investigated thoroughly and cannot find the source of the...

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