The United States has tapped Jeffrey DeLaurentis, America’s top diplomat in Havana, to become the first official ambassador to Cuba in five decades. “The appointment of an ambassador is a commonsense step forward toward a more normal and productive relationship between our two countries,” President Barack Obama said in a ...
Israeli ex-president Shimon Peres died on Wednesday some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, his doctor said. The 93-year-old died in his sleep at around 3:00 am (0000 GMT), Rafi Walden, who is also Peres’s son-in-law, told AFP. Peres held nearly every major office in the Zionist entity, serving ...
