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During a massive attack on Ukraine on the night of March 23 to 24, Russia launched nearly 1,000 drones and 34 missiles. According to the US-based Institute for the Study of War, it was "the largest Russian strike series against Ukraine of the war thus far." Several cities in western Ukraine were attacked, including Lviv where several people were killed and more than 40 injured. Russia launches nearly 1,000 drones across UkraineTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Damage to 17th-century church and archive building The city's historic center — which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2023 — also came under attack. The governor of the Lviv region, Maksym Kozytskyi, said that a drone had struck St. Andrew's C...

"I think I could do anything I want with it": That's what Donald Trump said about Cuba mid-March. Yet he is hardly the first US president with such expansionist desires, notes historian Michael Zeuske, a professor at the Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies at the University of Bonn. Zeuske says the US had already set its sights on the island as early as the mid-19th century.More than just classic cars and soft power: The US has long tried to exert direct control over CubaImage: Eric Kruszewski/Design Pics/picture alliance Cuba is not for sale Back then, Cuba was still a Spanish colony. In 1820, Thomas Jefferson, who had served as the third president of the nascent United States from 1801-09, declared that his country should seize the first opportunity to annex Cuba. Three years la...