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By Dave Sherwood, Marianna Parraga HAVANA/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Cuba’s national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, Cuba’s energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout. The Communist-run government earlier in the day closed schools and non-essential industry and sent most…
A former close ally of Russia said that President Vladimir Putin’s NATO-style alliance, far from offering security guarantees, now “creates threats” for his country.Armenia recently froze its membership in the six-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization of post-Soviet states, which has been seen as Putin’s answer to NATO.The CSTO also includes…
Russia could be running out of Russians.In the first half of this year, Russia’s population recorded its lowest number of births in 25 years, according to official data published on Sunday.From January to June, 599,600 babies were born in Russia — 16,500 fewer than the same period last year. It’s…
Country singer Thomas Rhett said he prefers to tour alone to be more present at home.In an interview with Vanity Fair published Thursday, the “Die a Happy Man” singer said that although his marriage with wife Lauren Akins may seem ideal on social media, they do — like other couples…
With over 40 startups, self-taught software developer and “indie hacker” Pieter Levels has said he’s been able to bring in millions in revenue right from his laptop while traveling the world.While that sounds glamorous, it wasn’t always that way. It started with him feeling like a loser in Asia.”I was…
Australia is capping new international students next year, in an effort to curb record migration.The country plans to limit international student enrollments to 270,000 in 2025, Australian education minister announced on Tuesday. In 2023, there were just over 400,000 new international students.”There’s about 10% more international students in our universities…
When Susie Johnson took her current job as the pool director of a country club, she was responsible for hiring a new team of summer lifeguards.The 54-year-old — who worked in the field in her 20s before taking a career break to raise her kids — told Business Insider she…
French phone and internet services were targeted on Sunday night, in the second incident to affect French infrastructure while the nation hosts the Olympics.Multiple telecommunications operators were experiencing disruption after fiber optic cables were “sabotaged” across six regions of France, French police told Agence France-Presse.The regions of Bouches-du-Rhône, Aude, Hérault,…
I graduated from college two years ago and set a goal for myself to visit at least 50 countries before I turn 30.Even while maintaining a full-time job throughout most of my travels, I’ve already managed to tick 20 off the list. I’ve traveled to six countries in Europe and…
