Dominican Republic hit with widespread power outage

[ad_1] A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid’s transmission system, although it wasn’t immediately clear what caused it. Generation units in San Pedro de Macorís and the Quisqueya Power Plant shut down,…

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As NATO allies accuse Russia of hybrid warfare, U.S. joins war games in Sweden focused on disrupting sabotage

[ad_1] Stockholm — A rising number of mysterious drone sightings near airports and military bases has fueled concern in Europe over alleged Russian incursions into NATO airspace, with some of America’s allies already saying the continent is in a gray zone between peace and war — accusing Moscow of escalating “hybrid warfare.”  NATO, the North…

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Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California’s Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil

[ad_1] In Belém, the bustling Brazilian gateway to the Amazon rainforest, leaders from nearly 200 nations have gathered for the United Nations’ 30th Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, to chart difficult next steps in the global fight against climate change. But the absence of the leaders from the world’s three largest greenhouse gas emitters…

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Thailand says ceasefire with Cambodia brokered by Trump on hold after landmine kills troops

[ad_1] Bangkok — Thailand said it has indefinitely paused implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire until Cambodia apologizes for a land mine explosion Monday that injured four Thai soldiers at their border. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the injured troops at the border Tuesday as the Thai army accused Cambodia of laying new mines in violation…

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Pakistan blames neighbors Afghanistan and India as bomb blast kills 12 outside Islamabad courts

[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan — A suicide bombing outside district court buildings in a residential area of the Pakistani capital killed at least a dozen people on Tuesday, Pakistan’s interior minister said, as senior Pakistani officials accused the country’s neighbors India and Afghanistan of being complicit in the attack. “At 12:39 p.m. (0239 Eastern), a suicide attack…

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Suspect arrested in 1994 assassination of Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio

[ad_1] Federal prosecutors in Mexico arrested another alleged accomplice in the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, a crime that shocked the country and remains unsolved, even though the confessed killer has been imprisoned for more than 30 years. A federal official who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly,…

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