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Millions without power as Cuba hit by another nationwide blackout

Authorities say Antonio Guiteras power plant shut down overnight, prompting collapse of national power grid. Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people across the Caribbean island without electricity in the latest such failure in recent months. Authorities said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the country’s top electricity producer, shut […]

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Protests call for South Korean president to quit over martial law order | Protests News

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces demands to resign following a bungled imposition of martial law. Yoon’s order on Tuesday to impose martial law on South Korea plunged the country into deep turmoil and caught allies around the world off guard. It brought thousands of protesters to the streets before lawmakers voted it down. The

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NATO Chief Urges More Weapons for Ukraine Ahead of Any Peace Talks

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NATO’s new top diplomat suggested on Tuesday that Ukraine should put off any peace talks with Russia until Western allies can send enough military aid to help Kyiv push ahead on the battlefield and garner a stronger negotiating position. Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, said it was up to Ukraine to decide when it

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Barnier makes last-ditch effort to prevent government collapse – POLITICO

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After being named prime minister in early September, Barnier said his priority was to bring down France’s budget deficit and get the country’s finances in order. To do so, he proposed a budget with €60 billion in combined tax hikes and spending cuts. Barnier attempted to pass part of the French budget using a constitutional

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Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as country’s first woman president

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, won with 57 percent of the vote, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia’s president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission show. The 72-year-old won with 57 percent of the vote, according to official

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Muqeem takes five wickets as Pakistan defeat Zimbabwe to win T20 series

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Pakistan wins by 10 wickets to take a 2-0 lead with one match to play in the three-game series. Pakistan wrist spinner Sufiyan Muqeem has starred in a series-clinching, 10-wicket Twenty20 international rout of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. The 25-year-old took five consecutive wickets for the loss of only three runs as Zimbabwe crumbled to 57

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3 Climbers From the U.S. and Canada Have Gone Missing on New Zealand’s Highest Mountain

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Three mountaineers from the United States and Canada were reported missing on Monday after they did not return from an attempt to summit Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain, the local police said. Severe weather conditions were obstructing the search. The two Americans, Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 50, and a Canadian whom officials

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Vietnam court upholds tycoon’s death sentence for bn bank fraud

Vietnam court upholds tycoon’s death sentence for $12bn bank fraud

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Truong My Lan’s life could still be spared if she pays back three-quarters of the assets she embezzled. A Vietnamese court has rejected a real estate tycoon’s appeal, upholding the death sentence handed down for the embezzlement of $12bn. The court in Ho Chi Minh City ruled against Truong My Lan’s appeal in the case,

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How are powers involved in Syria reacting to the opposition offensive? | Syria’s War

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Advances by opposition fighters raise questions over how Russia, Iran, Turkiye, Arab states and the US will respond. In Syria’s war, Russia, Iran, Turkiye, the United States and Arab states are all backing different factions. After a years-long deadlock, a swift opposition offensive has ushered in a new phase in the conflict. So how will

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Who Are HTS, the Rebels Leading the Syria Offensive?

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Syrian rebels shocked the country with a lightning offensive on its biggest city and the surrounding region starting last week, upending a 13-year-old civil war that had been dormant for several years. By seizing that city, Aleppo, occupying large stretches of the countryside and advancing on the western city of Hama, the rebels have been

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