MADRID: Spain said Monday it will use UN channels to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, which is suffering an acute economic crisis worsened by a de facto US fuel blockade. “Spain will provide humanitarian aid … to Cuba through the United Nations system in the form of food and essential health products,” the foreign ministry

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Pope prays for victims of devastating cyclones in Madagascar  Vatican News Cyclone Gezani kills four in Mozambique as Madagascar assesses damage  Al Jazeera Pope Leo XIV prays for Madagascar after twin cyclones, offers Lunar New Year wishes  EWTN News Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000  Reuters More than 16,000 people have been displaced in

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Smithfield Foods to build $1B+ plant as century-old site will redevelop  SiouxFalls.Business Smithfield to move from downtown Sioux Falls location  KELOLAND.com Deal to move pork plant from downtown to northern Sioux Falls includes $50 million Sanford gift  South Dakota Searchlight WATCH LIVE HERE: ‘Once-in-a-generation’ announcement to include details about Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls  Sioux Falls Live Smithfield Foods

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2026 Daytona 500 results: Tyler Reddick gets Michael Jordan to victory lane after pass on Chase Elliott  CBS Sports Daytona 500 results, final leaderboard: Tyler Reddick wins for Michael Jordan’s team  USA Today Tyler Reddick wins Daytona 500 in car owned by Michael Jordan  ESPN Tyler Reddick lifts Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing to Daytona 500 win  The New York

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Norway’s Magnus Carlsen added ‌another crown to his collection on Sunday by becoming the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess world champion after ​a comeback win over Fabiano Caruana in Germany. The chess master secured the title with a cautious draw in the fourth and final game, clinching a 2.5–1.5 match victory against his 33-year-old American

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: Suspected Islamist militants attacked an army unit in northern Burkina Faso Sunday, the latest in a series of alleged jihadist attacks that have killed at least 10 people in four days, security sources told AFP. The west African country, ruled by a military junta since a 2022 coup, has been plagued with

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California storms are about to hit. Here’s a timeline of their most severe impacts  San Francisco Chronicle ‘Major travel impacts’ expected as winter storm watch issued for northern California  NPR Winter Storm Warning issued for SoCal mountains ahead of major storm  Yahoo Winter Storms Could Bring 8 Feet of Snow to Parts of California  The New York Times Snow

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Independent Spirit Awards celebrate indie movies and TV in Los Angeles  AP News Spirit Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)  The Hollywood Reporter Ego Nwodim Pokes Fun at Cher’s Luther Vandross Grammys Flub, Addresses “Heartbreaking Times” in Spirit Awards Monologue  Yahoo The Eight Best-Dressed Stars at the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards  Vanity Fair Keke Palmer, Tessa Thompson step out

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Mexican restaurant Cocina La Cantina — on Sari Road in Jeddah’s Al-Zahra district — offers a menu focused on traditional flavors with contemporary twists. I started with three salads, including maiz del fuego and verde brasa. The charred corn and kale were well prepared, and the dressings reflected traditional Mexican flavors. The seafood dishes —

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DEIR EL-BALAH: From a small studio in the central city of Deir El-Balah, Sylvia Hassan’s voice echoes across the Gaza Strip, broadcast on one of the Palestinian territory’s first radio stations to hit the airwaves after two years of war. Hassan, a radio host on fledgling station “Here Gaza,” delivers her broadcast from a well-lit room,

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