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Cubans are struggling with blackouts and fuel rationing amid President Trump’s campaign to provoke regime change by choking off the energy supply of the island nation, which is heavily dependent on fuel imports. Trump last month threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sends oil to Cuba, labelling the island “an unusual and extraordinary…
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Aug 9 (Reuters) – Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday. In opening remarks to the Collegium of the Defence Ministry, Shoigu said NATO-member Poland had already announced plans to strengthen…
European Central Bank announces largest interest rate hike in bid to fight inflation
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a record rate hike in a bid to stifle record inflation across the euro area. The ECB’s three key interest rates were each raised by 75 basis points. “This major step frontloads the transition from the prevailing highly accommodative level of policy rates towards levels that will…
French, German leaders say Ukraine allowed to strike inside Russia
PARIS/BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) – France and Germany’s leaders said on Tuesday Ukraine should be allowed to hit military sites inside Russia from which missiles were being fired at Ukrainian territory, but not other targets. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West earlier in the day that NATO members in Europe were playing with fire by proposing…
Vatican commission votes against allowing women as deacons
A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing women to serve as deacons, maintaining the Church’s practice of all-male clergy, according to report given to Pope Leo XIV. The commission, in a 7-1 vote, said historical research and theological investigation “excludes the possibility” of allowing women to serve as deacons at this time but recommended…
Syria Rebel Leader Met Visiting UN Envoy: Statement
The Syrian Islamist leader whose group led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad met Sunday with UN envoy Geir Pedersen, who was visiting Damascus, said a statement on the rebels’ Telegram channel. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, discussed with Pedersen “the changes that have occurred…


