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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s electrical grid went down Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive blackout swept across the Caribbean island and with no official estimate for when service will be restored. The Cuban energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio […]
Reuters A nail salon in Havana during Friday’s blackout Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout after its main energy plant failed, officials said. Its power grid collapsed at around 11:00 (15:00 GMT), the energy ministry wrote on X. Grid officials said they did not know how long it would take to restore power. This follows months […]
The electricity went out Friday in Cuba, affecting the entire island’s population of 10 million after one of its main power plants failed, according to Cuba’s energy ministry. On Friday evening, authorities announced power had been restored to about 20,000 residents of the capital, Havana, which has a population of 2 million. Power outages have been […]
Adam Tomlinson is on the lookout for a third AFL home.Credit: AFL Photos Tomlinson, 31, was delisted by the Demons after five seasons and 45 games. A foundation player with the Giants, he had managed 140 games there, before crossing to Melbourne. “There are some possible landing spots but there’s nothing concrete,” Tomlinson told SEN […]
PALECO has announced its power rates for October 2024, which vary across different areas of Palawan and are categorized for residential, industrial, commercial, and public building users. In the mainland areas of Puerto Princesa, Aborlan, Narra, Brooke’s Point, Bataraza, Sofronio Española, Quezon, Taytay, Roxas, and Dumaran, power rates provided by DPI (EPSA), DMCI, and PPGI […]
Getty Images Iceland is one of the world’s most volcanically active places I’m in one of the world’s volcanic hotspots, northeast Iceland, near the Krafla volcano. A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano’s crater lake, while to the south steam vents and mud pools bubble away. Krafla has erupted around […]
Caroline Fenton & Jason Fitz wrap up Week 7 of college football as they take one last look at Oregon’s victory against Ohio State. While the Buckeye fanbase starts to doubt their head coach, Ryan Day, Ducks fans sing Dan Lanning’s praises for a strategic 12-man penalty. A new AP Poll is out so Caroline […]
Russia and China’s coordinated move to block a statement drafted by Southeast Asian countries for the East Asia Summit (EAS) is stoking concerns about the growing risks of Asean’s ability to remain neutral over divisive issues. The statement supported by the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations and presented at the summit in Vientiane, Laos, […]
In June, I walked through the streets of Lugbe, a small community in Nigeria about 7 miles outside the capital of Abuja. Over the last 25 years, as head of USAID and now as president of the Rockefeller Foundation, I have visited many towns and villages across Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Though religious, […]
Google has signed a long-term deal to buy nuclear power from Kairos Power’s upcoming small modular reactors (SMRs), the companies announced this week. Kairos will build an unspecified number of SMRs to provide electricity to Google data centers, with the goal of adding 500 MW of electricity to US power grids. Google says the deal […]