INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Canada's Embassy in Havana, Cuba
was diagnosed with a mysterious brain injury that has affected several dozen North American envoys to the island.Since 2016, 13 Canadians
and 25 Americans have all reported similar unexplained symptoms, including dizziness, fatigue, headaches, hearing and vision complications,
a loss of balance, nausea and an inability to concentrate."A delegation of senior officials will return to Cuba next week to review Canada's
current operations and determine how we can further reduce the risks to our diplomatic staff," foreign ministry spokesman Richard Walker
told AFP.He said Canada was considering all options, without offering details.The Canadian government said Thursday it had allowed employees
currently in Cuba to return home, if they wanted to.Canadian and US authorities initially suspected an attack using some sort of acoustic
weapon, which led to heightened diplomatic tensions between Washington and the Caribbean island nation
But Ottawa later concluded that to be "unlikely."American doctors and officials have pointed to "a new type of a possible acquired brain
injury" outlined in a February issue of Journal of the American Medical Association by health experts at the University of Pennsylvania, who
treated 21 US diplomats.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a
