Amid Cuban economic struggles, one entrepreneur lowers prices with scrap metal trailers

[ad_1] HAVANA — Despite an economic crisis in communist-run Cuba that forces the island to subsist with widespread shortages in almost every category, in the past few years Yosvany García and his three assistants have been building trailers for motorcycles and cars and successfully selling them for a profit. It’s not uncommon to spot his brand, YGC, around Havana. In the neighborhood of Alamar,…

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Rhino poaching on the rise in South Africa where 499 were taken last year

[ad_1] South Africa recorded 499 rhinos poached in 2023, 51 more than the previous year, despite efforts to protect the animals, the government said Tuesday. South Africa is home to nearly half of the critically-endangered black rhino population in Africa and to the world’s largest population of near-threatened white rhinos. Rhinos are poached for their…

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China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang steps down as a lawmaker

[ad_1] China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. The 57-year-old served for only seven months before he disappeared from public…

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