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Cuba suffers another massive power outage, millions left in in dark

People in provinces as far away as Guantanamo, Artemisa, Santiago de Cuba, and Santa Clara reported experiencing blackouts with just flickers of light

UN chief, Bangladesh's Yunus discuss domestic issues, Rohingya crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Bangladesh on a Ramadan Solidarity visit from March 13-16

Was 'sarcastic' when promising end to Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hrs: Trump

rump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the Full Measure television programme as his administration is still trying to broker a solution

Didn't want PM Modi, others to see tents, potholes in Washington DC: Trump

Modi visited the White House for a bilateral meeting with Trump on February 13, the fourth foreign leader hosted by Trump in just weeks after his inauguration in January

India, China saw strong trade growth in Q4 2024 amid risks: UN report

Developing nations, particularly China and India, saw better than average trade expansion, while many developed nations experienced trade contractions

South African ambassador 'no longer welcome' in US, Marco Rubio says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled Ebrahim Rasool 'a race-baiting politician who hates America' and officially declared him persona non grata

Trump demands control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups

Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under "academic receivership for a minimum of five years"

Trump's new travel ban? 41 countries could face visa restrictions

Trump's crackdown on immigration tightens as 41 nations face visa bans. A new policy could impose sweeping travel restrictions, echoing his first-term controversial ban

Thousands gather in Serbia's capital for rally that tests Vucic's govt

Saturday's protest is seen as a culmination of months of anti-graft demonstrations in the Balkan country that have posed the biggest challenge so far for Vucic's decade-long firm grip on power

Republican legislation seeks to ban Chinese nationals from studying in US

The measure is unlikely to pass, and it has drawn criticism from organisations and scholars over concerns that hostile policies and rhetoric toward Chinese students could hurt US interests

SpaceX, Nasa launch mission to bring back Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore

Mission also launched four crew members to ISS: Nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov

Senate approves funding bill just before shutdown deadline, sends to Trump

The essentially party-line vote, 54-46, reflected gnawing Democratic angst over how to confront the Trump administration as its DOGE fires federal workers and dismantles operations

'Our predecessor turned DOJ into Department of Injustice': Donald Trump

Trump made these remarks at the Department of Justice following a series of terminations and resignations of Biden-era judges, attorneys, and other officials under the new administration

US offers 'bridge' proposal to extend Gaza ceasefire, seek permanent peace

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Council official Eric Tager presented the proposal in Qatar, according to a statement from their offices

Stocks rebound after S&P 500 correction as safe-haven gold hits record

Last week the Nasdaq confirmed it was in a correction, driven lower by tariff and growth uncertainties as well as high valuations for megacap tech stocks

Will keep FBI in DC, scrap plan to move to Maryland, says Donald Trump

Trump said he was going to stop the move, castigating Maryland - a heavily Democratic state - and saying relocating the FBI would leave it too far away from the DOJ

Had productive talks with Putin, war in Ukraine could end: Donald Trump

Trump said that he "strongly requested" Putin to spare the lives of thousands of Ukrainian troops, or else it would be a "horrible massacre"

Century-old dow theory indicates more trouble ahead for US stock markets

Known as the Dow Theory, it holds that moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average must be confirmed by transport stocks, and vice versa, to be sustained

Global stocks rise as US shutdown threat eases, gold hits $3,000 mark

Avoiding a government shutdown would remove a concern for traders, already fretting over threats to the world economy from President Donald Trump's tariff war

China plans 50% pay cuts for fund managers missing performance targets

The sweeping measures come as policymakers seek to attract more long-term capital into the nation's stock market amid slowing economic growth and an escalating trade war with the US