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Less-thirsty rice offers hope in drought-stricken Chile 29 Apr 2025 - 02:40 pm
Aerial view of the INIA (Agricultural Research Institute) experimental rice crops in San Carlos, Chile, on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Raul Bravo / AFP)
Spain grid operator rules out cyberattack for blackout 29 Apr 2025 - 01:57 pm
Passengers walk along a platform to board a train at Santa Justa railway station in Seville on April 29, 2025, the day after a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP
Northeast China restaurant fire kills 22 29 Apr 2025 - 01:44 pm
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Partial telecoms blackout in Greenland, possibly linked to Spain 29 Apr 2025 - 12:33 pm
This photograph shows an apartment building of Burgos at night, partially without electricity, following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, on April 28, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP.
EU top court rules 'golden passport' schemes are illegal 29 Apr 2025 - 12:23 pm
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Power gradually returns in Spain and Portugal, cause of outage remains unknown 29 Apr 2025 - 12:23 pm
A cyclist rides near an electrical substation in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP.
Blackout plunges Spain into chaotic night of darkness 29 Apr 2025 - 12:20 pm
This photograph shows the 25th April bridge over the Tagus river with the lights off following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Lisbon on April 28, 2025. Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP.
Trump boasts of 'fun' 100 days, but Americans disenchanted 29 Apr 2025 - 11:31 am
US President Donald Trump arrives for an event celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles, 2025 Super Bowl champions, at the White House on April 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP)
Carney's Liberals win Canada election defined by Trump 29 Apr 2025 - 09:37 am
Canada's PM and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney speaks at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)
Bulgaria sells €4 billion in bonds, its biggest-ever Euro debt haul 28 Apr 2025 - 11:40 pm
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s minority government is looking to secure funding for its budget gap. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg)
Rubio tells Russian counterpart time to end 'senseless war': US 28 Apr 2025 - 11:13 pm
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a White House meeting earlier this month. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Kyrgyzstan to supply 600 mln cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan 28 Apr 2025 - 11:11 pm
View from Astana, Kazakhstan. File photo for representational purposes only.
Over 200 Nigerian migrants deported from Libya IOM 28 Apr 2025 - 10:38 pm
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Japan developing an AI system for meat safety checks 28 Apr 2025 - 10:09 pm
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Jordan receives Pakistani medical supplies for Gaza field hospitals 28 Apr 2025 - 09:56 pm
A Palestinian receives treatment at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) health center, west of Gaza City, amid a shortage of medicine due to Israel's continued closure of the border crossings in the Gaza Strip, on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung HSR transports 9 mln passengers since launch 28 Apr 2025 - 09:53 pm
Passengers transfer at Padalarang Station of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Padalarang, Indonesia, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
Namibia's economy expected to grow 3.8 pct in 2025 central bank 28 Apr 2025 - 09:47 pm
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Internet disrupted in Morocco after Spain power outage 28 Apr 2025 - 09:40 pm
A waiter gives change by the light of her phone in a bar during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Hernani on April 28, 2025. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)