
US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from
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UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
National Strawberry Day
The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.