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2015-08-24
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The US and Cuba will start talks on (normalizing) full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in US policy toward the communist island in decades. President Obama made the announcement amid a series of new confidence-building measures between the two countries. Including the release of American Alan Gross and freeing ofthree Cubans jailed in the US.
Rescue teams searched for (survivors) after a five-story residential building collapsed in downtown Nairobi. Authorities are focusing on the search and rescue operation and will later investigate why the building collapsed.
Blackberry is returning to its roots with a new smartphone called “The Classic”. The new phone features a (traditional) keyboard at a time when rival Apple and Android phones, and most smartphone customers, have embraced touchscreen.
Hundreds of couples celebrated Pope Francis’ birthday with a mass (tango) dance in Saint Peter’s Square. ThePope greeted the dancers from his pope-mobile and sent them good wishes.