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Manuel Rocha, a former ambassador to Bolivia, secretly aided Cuba’s “clandestine intelligence-gathering mission,” U.S. authorities said. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YwBKrNE via IFTTT...

For many in the islands, it’s not the Christmas season without cremas, coquito and other milky rum-based drinks. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/A5TO10z via IFTTT...

The proposed purchase of the N.B.A.’s Dallas Mavericks by a casino operator is the latest sign of how fully leagues have embraced the gaming world. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5SMW7l9 via IFTTT...

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ADqEHsp via IFTTT...