Yi-Pin Lin, an associate professor at Tufts University, proudly says he has vacationed in 120 nations over the past decade. But there was one country he had always dreamed of visiting, only to be frightened off by decades of war, kidnappings and terrorism: Afghanistan. With the end of the Afghan war in 2021, the country’s […]
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The experts had warned for years: Cuba’s power grid was on the verge of collapse, relying on plants nearly a half-century old and importing fuel that the cash strapped Communist government could barely afford. On Friday morning their dire predictions came true, as the entire island plunged into the most prolonged blackout it has suffered
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People watch large swells created by Hurricane Beryl crash over the Packery Channel Jetty on Sunday evening, July 7, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Angela Piazza/Caller-Times/USA Today Conditions continue to deteriorate across the Texas coast as Hurricane Beryl approaches. Here is an updated forecast for cities in southern and southeastern Texas, as of 1:40 a.m. ET: Palacios
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News 4 hours ago Image source, Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Image caption, Brazilian cities including Sao Paulo are among those to be experiencing high temperatures Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. Rio de Janeiro recorded 42.5C on Sunday –
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