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Last update: 11 hours agoCuban medical diplomacy: A new commentary revisits how Cuba’s long-running overseas doctor programme—built under decades of US sanctions—has sent 400,000+ healthcare professionals to 155 countries, including major crises from Chernobyl to Ebola and Covid, and highlights a 2015 New Zealand deal that funded English training for Cuban doctors before Pacific deployments. NATO and Ukraine funding: NATO foreign ministers are setting up the July Ankara summit around turning the 5% defence-spending pledge into real capabilities, boosting defence industry output, and keeping Ukraine support steady as allies argue over who pays. Missionaries of Charity spotlight: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Kolkata visit to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity is framed as political messaging amid renewed US pressure on India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act changes and scrutiny of foreign-funded missionary activity. Prison health and capacity: Council of Europe penal statistics show overcrowding easing only slightly in North Macedonia (104 inmates per 100 places) while Europe’s older detainee share rises—raising future care and operations strain. Hantavirus watch: Europe is monitoring hantavirus after deaths linked to the Andes variant, but the overall risk is still judged very low.
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