China flooding in Guangxi worsens as snake farms are inundated and residents warned
Flooding in southern China's Guangxi region has triggered warnings after hundreds of snakes escaped from breeding farms in Hengzhou, as severe weather linked to Typhoon Maysak continued to batter the area. Local media reported that floodwaters hit a snake farm after days of heavy rain, with cobras, king ratsnakes and water snakes among the animals that got out. Residents near the affected farms were warned to stay alert as emergency crews and local people used nets to catch snakes in muddy floodwater.The Hengzhou emergency management bureau said it was aware of reports that floodwaters had damaged snake breeding farms and... [Continue Reading]
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Cuba hit by third nationwide blackout of the year as protests break out
Cubans in several parts of the island protested on Tuesday evening after a nationwide power cut left homes and streets in the dark. Residents banged pots and set rubbish on fire in some locations, while others shouted for the lights to be turned back on. The outage was the third nationwide blackout in Cuba this year and came on top of rolling electricity cuts already affecting the country.Officials said most of the country had had power restored by Tuesday, but some areas remained without electricity later in the day. Santiago de Cuba, the country's second-largest city, was among the places... [Continue Reading]
Cuba deepens crisis amid grid collapse and US genocide accusation
Cuba has accused the United States of orchestrating a genocide as the island faces a worsening humanitarian and economic emergency. The allegation comes as Cuba has been hit by an island-wide power outage after the total collapse of its national electricity grid. The blackout has deepened already severe shortages of fuel, medicine and water, while daily life in the capital and beyond has been thrown further into disarray.The supporting report says the Cuban government made the accusation through state-run media outlets more than 100 days after Donald Trump first said he would focus on Havana once the Iran war had... [Continue Reading]
Trump offers help to end Ukraine war in call with Putin as Zelenskiy speaks with him too
Donald Trump offered help to find a solution to the war in Ukraine during a nearly 90-minute call with Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to a Kremlin aide. The conversation came as Trump prepared to attend next week's NATO summit in Turkey, and it was described by Russian officials as professional and constructive. Volodymyr Zelenskiy also said he spoke with Trump on the same day.Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Russia wants a political and diplomatic resolution to the conflict, while accusing Kyiv and its European allies of seeking to prolong and escalate the war. He said Putin set... [Continue Reading]
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Israeli settlers intensify attacks in the West Bank, targeting water and power supplies
Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, damaging electricity infrastructure, vandalising agricultural property and seizing a water spring used by Palestinian communities. The incidents reported on Friday affected areas near Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Jerusalem, according to the supplied material. The attacks add to a recent rise in settler violence that has increasingly focused on essential civilian resources.In al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, settlers damaged the main electricity line supplying the village, cutting power to the community, Palestinian security sources were cited as saying. The incident was described as the second such attack in the... [Continue Reading]


