Nationwide Blackout As Cuban Power Grid Fails: Ministry
Cuba's power grid failed overnight Wednesday, the government said, triggering a nationwide blackout that plunged the country into darkness for the third time in two months.
Barnier, France's Phlegmatic Prime Minister On The Ropes
Veteran French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the target of no-confidence motions in parliament on Wednesday, has turned an extraordinarily calm disposition into his trademark during a half century in ...
Ukraine Detains Girl On Treason Charges For Aiding Russia
Ukraine's security service said Wednesday it had detained a 16-year-old girl accused of helping Moscow orchestrate an airstrike on the northern Chernigiv region.
UK Faces Trade Balancing Act With Trump, EU
Donald Trump's presidential election victory is fuelling fears that Britain must choose between its "special relationship" ...
UNESCO Grants Heritage Status To Aleppo Soap As Syria War Flares
The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria's ...
BlackRock Doesn’t Like U.S. Treasuries Despite a ‘Very, Very, Volatile 2025'
BlackRock’s top themes for 2025 can be summed up in two sentences: Next year will be turbulent. Stay bullish AI, and avoid long-term Treasuries. “We are staying pro-risk and we are even dialing up our ...
French Parliament Begins Debating Govt No-confidence Motions
France's lower house of parliament Wednesday began debating two no-confidence motions during a session widely expected to topple the minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a historic ...
700 Bangladeshi Prisoners Still On Run After Revolution Jailbreaks
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, authorities said ...
UK Nuclear Plants To Stay Open Longer In Cleaner Power Boost
Four of Britain's five nuclear power plants still in operation will have their lifetime extended, their French operator EDF said Wednesday, as the UK aims to decarbonise its energy grid by 2030.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Reach Deal On Last Contested Central Asian Border
Central Asian neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Wednesday announced a border demarcation deal on the last contested frontier in the region, potentially ending decades of territorial disputes.
France's Orano Says Niger Junta Controls Uranium Firm
French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between the company and the country's military ...
China Reports Warmest Autumn Since Records Began
China reported its warmest autumn this year since records began decades ago, its National Climate Centre announced on Wednesday.