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Cuba energy crisis: Gov’t seeks solutions as blackouts continue
Cubans are struggling with an ongoing energy crisis. Most of the island nation’s power plants were built in Soviet times and break down frequently. But the government doesn’t have enough money to build new ones. The ruling Communist Party, however, is trying to cobble together a solution as summer approaches. Al Jazeera’s Ed Augustin reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…
Deaths, blackouts as Russian missiles hit multiple Ukraine cities
Russia has launched a new barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people in the eastern-central city of Dnipro and disrupting power supplies in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, officials said. The attacks on Saturday smashed a nine-storey apartment block in Dnipro, reducing an entire section of the building to rubble and sending smoke billowing into the sky. The deaths included…
Ukraine braces for more infrastructure attacks & power blackouts
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of more potential Russian attacks on his country’s energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials have urged residents in capital Kyiv to consider making plans to leave as ongoing strikes threaten the power supply. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ukrainerussiawar #russia…
LATEST UPDATES: Blackouts in parts of Ukraine after ‘massive’ Russian attacks
Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine are without power after Russia carried out massive drone and missile attacks, as intense fighting continues in the southeastern region of Luhansk, Donetsk and Kherson where Russia has been struggling to stop renewed Ukrainian advances. Ukraine’s air force said in a statement on Saturday that Russia had launched “a massive missile attack” targeting “critical infrastructure”,…
Ukrainians face nationwide blackouts after Russian air strikes
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ukrainians prepared for a nationwide power outage on October 20, 2022. Officials are restricting the power supply to enable repairs to energy facilities damaged by Russian air strikes. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 30 per cent of Ukraine’s power stations have been damaged in just over a week. Three more facilities were hit by attacks on…
Power blackouts persist in energy-rich Iraq
Iraq is among the world’s richest countries in energy, but that is doing little for the people who live there. For decades, many have suffered because of power outages, and there is no easy solution. Since 2003, Iraq has spent more than $80bn upgrading its power grid and restoring electricity supplies, but many Iraqis say they are not seeing the benefits. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem…
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