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World Some of Cuba’s power grid slowly flickers on after back-to-back nationwide blackoutsCuba’s government said on Saturday it had made some progress in gradually re-establishing electrical service across the island, including to hospitals and parts of the capital Havana, after state-run media earlier reported the national grid had collapsed forContinue Reading

World Israeli strikes pummelled Beirut’s southern suburbs on Saturday as the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired salvos of rockets at northern Israel, with one drone directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home, his spokesperson said. U.S. wants Israel to scale back strikes around Lebanon capital, defence secretary saysThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World Albania, which sits across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, was until the early 1990s one of the most isolated communist regimes in the world. But a new migrant camp in the country, under Italian jurisdiction, represents the first time a European Union country has located the processing of asylumContinue Reading

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. When King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Australia over the next few days, they will meet people who devote their time to interests the royals haveContinue Reading

World·Updated Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said. Country’s energy ministry says move necessary after one of the island’s major power plants failedThomson Reuters · Posted: OctContinue Reading

For more than two weeks, Israeli forces have been carrying out an offensive in northern Gaza — a move the United Nations human rights office said appears to be cutting the region off from the rest of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian and UN officials have specifically expressed concern over dire shortagesContinue Reading

In a U.S. election where the possibilities range from a razor-thin margin between the two major candidates to one where either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris sweeps seven swing states, there seems at least one certainty — that Republicans in particular will be ready with legal papers should the presidentialContinue Reading

World North Korea has shipped 1,500 special forces troops to Russia’s far east for training and acclimatizing at local military bases and will likely be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency said on Friday. Nearly 1,500 troops sent but not yet deployed for combat,Continue Reading

World The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist in New York City last year, with the FBI saying it would not tolerate retaliation against a U.S. resident. Washington alleges Indian agents were involved in an attempted assassination planThomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 17,Continue Reading