Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in five days on Friday as twin energy and economic crises, worsened by a six-month US fuel blockade, continue to cripple the country’s electricity grid. “The pressure is increasing,” explains our journalist Shirli Sitbon.
An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a U.S. energy blockade.
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday vowed revenge for the US-Israeli killing of his father and predecessor, hours after President Donald Trump warned against any attempt to assassinate him.
Russian attacks on Ukraine killed eight people, including a child, and wounded dozens more, according to local officials on Saturday. Moscow launched more than 120 drones and 12 missiles during the night, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, putting his country’s…
Tour de France’s organisers on Saturday announced that they will shorten a stage of the race due to intense heat. ASO made this historic decision to cut out a hilly loop at the start of the stageafter France’s weather authority declared…
Removed from the theatrics of petrodollar politics seen across the rest of the Gulf, the Sultanate of Oman’s famed discretion and diplomacy have made it an indispensable intermediary in the region.
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25, according to the country’s sports ministry on Saturday. Officials have not disclosed a cause of death for the football player who represented his country in the ongoing World…
At least 11 people, including a child, were wounded after Russia launched an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Saturday, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Prolonged heatwaves are an ecological issue, a public health issue, and a social issue. With every 1°C rise in temperature, incidents of domestic violence increase by 4.7%. We discuss this issue with our guest Adéa Guillot, Director of Engagement at…
Hundreds of firefighters, backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, struggled on Saturday to contain one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires, which has killed at least 12 people. “We are not prepared enough for the conditions that fuel these fires,” says our…