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Last update: 3 hours agoCuba–US Health Diplomacy: A new commentary spotlights how Cuba’s long-running overseas medical brigades—built under decades of US sanctions—have sent 400,000+ healthcare professionals to 155 countries, including major disaster responses from Chernobyl to Ebola, and notes a 2015 New Zealand deal that funded English training for Cuban doctors before Pacific deployments. Missionaries of Charity Under Pressure: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Kolkata visit to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity is framed as political messaging amid renewed US-backed evangelical pressure and India’s proposed FCRA amendments, with foreign-funded missionary groups facing possible seizure. NATO Funding Tensions: NATO ministers set up the July Ankara summit around turning the 5% defense spending pledge into real capabilities, while warning Ukraine support is uneven across allies. Regional Legal Protests: In Skopje, law graduates demanding the bar exam in Albanian drew broader political symbolism tied to UÇK-era history. Prisons Watch: Council of Europe penal statistics warn of persistent overcrowding and rising numbers of older and women detainees across Europe, with North Macedonia reported at moderate overcrowding.
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