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1 month ago | 
energiesnet.com | Dave Sherwood |David Holmes |Lincoln Feast
Cuba going through fourth nationwide blackout in six monthsDave Sherwood, ReutersHAVANA EnergiesNet.com 03 17 2025 Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late on Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people.
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May 30, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Nyasha Chingono |David Holmes |Katja Hamilton
Southern African countries hosting the largest elephant populations in the world made a fresh pitch on Wednesday, 29 May, to be allowed to sell their $1bn ivory stockpiles, amid calls to pull out of an international convention on endangered species. Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, 15 May 2014.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
deleciousfood.com | Alvise Armellini |David Holmes |Magnum Hermosa
ROME, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said on Friday that “severe fuel shortages” could force it to stop providing emergency food aid to thousands of displaced families in the Strip. Gaza besieged by Israel. “Only two of our contracted bakeries have fuel to produce bread at the moment and tomorrow there may be none,” said Samer Abdeljaber, representative of the World Food Program (WFP).
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
lasemanadelsur.com | Maximilian Heath |David Holmes
Por Maximilian Heath – BUENOS AIRES, octubre (Reuters) – Argentina votó en unas elecciones generales el domingo, con el ministro de Economía Peronista Sergio Massa registrando un primer lugar sorprendentemente fuerte a pesar de una gran crisis económica, por delante del favorito salvaje previo a la votación, libertario radical Javier Milei.
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Oct 21, 2023 | 
time.news | Antonio Bronic |Ivana Sekularac |David Holmes
Slovenia Deploys Police on Border Crossings to Prevent Security ThreatsOBREZJE, Slovenia – In a move to enhance security measures, Slovenia has deployed police on border crossings with Croatia and Hungary, leading to queues as travelers wait to have their documents checked. The decision to introduce temporary border controls until October 30 was made by the Slovenian government following Italy’s decision to introduce controls on its border crossing with Slovenia.
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Sep 24, 2023 | 
1africafocus.com | Ahmed Kingimi |MacDonald Dzirutwe |David Holmes
Welcome to Monday’s Early Edition from i.After weeks of rumours, the government is expected to make a decision this week on whether or not to continue with the northern leg of HS2, reduce it or scrap it altogether. At the weekend, Grant Shapps said it would be “crazy” not to reassess the project given the state of public finances.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
headtopics.com | Daniel Wiessner |Alexia Garamfalvi |David Holmes
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday blocked a California law banning gun marketing that is attractive to minors, saying it was unlikely to reduce gun violence or the unlawful use of firearms. under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and blocked it pending the outcome of the case. The court reversed a January ruling by a federal judge in Sacramento who had said the law properly regulated commercial speech and the groups were unlikely to succeed in their challenge.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
1africafocus.com | Ahmed Kingimi |Elisha Bala-Gbogbo |David Holmes
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 2 (Reuters) – At least seven worshippers were killed in an attack on a mosque by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police said on Saturday. The attack, in the remote Saya village of the Ikara local government area of the state, occurred late on Friday as worshippers gathered for prayer, Kaduna police spokesman Mansur Haruna said by phone. Two others injured during the attack were taken to hospital for treatment, Haruna said.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
1africafocus.com | Ahmed Kingimi |Elisha Bala-Gbogbo |David Holmes
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 2 (Reuters) – At least seven worshippers were killed in an attack on a mosque by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police said on Saturday. The attack, in the remote Saya village of the Ikara local government area of the state, occurred late on Friday as worshippers gathered for prayer, Kaduna police spokesman Mansur Haruna said by phone. Two others injured during the attack were taken to hospital for treatment, Haruna said.
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Aug 26, 2023 | 
headtopics.com | Max Hunder |David Holmes
Three Ukrainian pilots have died after two L-39 trainer aircraft collided in mid-air in central Ukraine, the country's air force said in a statement on Saturday. The crash occurred on Friday over Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. The air force said one of the pilots killed, using the callsign "Juice", had become well known after giving numerous interviews to international media. "We express our condolences to the families of the victims.
