China sends emergency food aid to Cuba as US sanctions worsen shortages

A new Chinese emergency aid programme has delivered its first shipment of rice to Cuba, which faces worsening food and fuel shortages amid a tightened US blockade that has halted Venezuelan oil shipments. Under the programme, China will send 30,000 tonnes of rice to the island nation, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. The first shipment was handed over on Monday, while a second batch has arrived at the Port of Santiago de Cuba. Additional deliveries are expected to leave China...