By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, officials said, hours after the island plunged into a countrywide blackout following the collapse of one of its major power plants. The vast majority of the country’s 10 million residents were still in the …
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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Friday, each side bringing home 95 prisoners in an agreement in which the United Arab Emirates acted as mediator. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said the returning Russian service members were undergoing medical checks in …
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(Reuters) -A Russian missile struck a residential district in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa late on Friday, triggering a fire, but causing no casualties, officials said. An official city Telegram channel said a three-storey building had sustained damage along with 10 private homes. Emergency services were at the site. There was no independent verification …
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By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) -Four accounts on crypto-based prediction market Polymarket that placed large bets on former President Donald Trump winning the 2024 election, and have been the subject of much online speculation, are owned by non-Americans or a non-American, according to a source familiar with the matter on Friday. Opinion polls indicate …
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By Max Hunder and John Irish KYIV (Reuters) -The involvement of North Korean regular troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be a serious escalation of the war, France and Ukraine’s foreign ministers said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. France’s Jean-Noel Barrot, who was making his first trip to Ukraine …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s radar systems detected a second drone in as many days breaching its national airspace that fighter jets scrambled overnight did not see, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Late on Thursday, army radars detected a small flying object – likely a drone – headed for Constanta before losing the signal. Fighter …
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By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland DETROIT/WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris raised questions about Republican Donald Trump’s physical stamina to serve effectively as president as the two rivals tore through the deadlocked battleground state of Michigan on Friday, with Trump lashing back about the energy he’s shown on the campaign trail. Harris, who …
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s national grid collapsed on Friday, leaving the entire population of 10 million people without electricity and underscoring the precarious state of the Communist-run country’s infrastructure and economy. Restoration of service is under way but long-term challenges will remain. WHY DID THE GRID COLLAPSE? Cuba’s electrical grid and oil-fired …
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By Volodymyr Pavlov and Vitalii Hnidyi KUPIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Yuliia Baibak could not bear another Russian air strike on her neighbourhood before complying with the order to evacuate her parents from the besieged Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. A plea for mass evacuation was also issued on Friday for the city of Pokrovsk further south, …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -For one Gazan father, Yahya Sinwar’s death in battle trying to beat back a drone with a stick was “how heroes die.” For others, it was an example for future generations even as some lamented the ruinous cost of the war he sparked with Israel. Sinwar, the architect of Hamas’ …
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