Grounded subways, canceled flights, stores, hospitals and offices completely in the dark: This is the situation following the vast blackout that hit Spain, Portugal, and some regions of southern France.
The power grid was sent down around noon…
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Ukraine wont win Vance
It is weird to expect Russia to collapse, the US vice president has said
Ukraine is not poised to win the conflict with Russia, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said. He added that it would be naive to expect the larger country’s collapse if…
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Ukraine wont win J.D. Vance
It is a weird idea to expect Russias collapse, the US vice president has said
Ukraine is not poised to win the conflict with Russia, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said. He added that it was naive to expect Russia’s collapse if the fighting…
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Macron: Pressure on Russia will increase in coming days to achieve ceasefire in Ukraine
Macron and Zelenskyy. Photo: Emmanuel Macron on Facebook
French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that international pressure on Russia will be intensified in the next eight to ten days to achieve a ceasefire in the war…
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Russian artist reveals portrait Putin commissioned him to make as gift for Trump
Nikas Safronov, a Russian artist known for celebrity portraits and self-promotion, revealed last week the painting of Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin commissioned from him as a gift for the US president.
He showed CNN an image…
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‘I Will Wait For Peace:’ As Russian Bombs Hit Kostyantynivka, One Woman Resolves To Stay
Valentyna Oleksandrivna, an 84-year-old resident of Kostyantynivka, has lived through wartime before.
“It’s terribly upsetting to me that I was born during a war and I am dying during a war,” she told RFE/RL’s Current Time TV. “How is…
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Scramble as officials chase cause
ReutersPolice tell travellers that Madrid’s Atocha train station is closed due to the outage A sweeping power outage left millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without electricity on Monday, leading to chaotic scenes and…
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Sleep Secures Past Memories and Prepares Our Brains for Future Learning
We’re constantly making memories with every experience, but how do they stick with us? It turns out that a good night’s sleep makes them last. Recent research shows that as we sleep, the neurons in our brains undergo processes that not only…
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A Zombie Volcano Shows Signs of Activity — Could it Rise From the Grave?
Does seismic activity under this long-dead volcano mean it’s about to rise from the grave? That’s what an international research team set out to discover as this Bolivian “zombie” volcano continues to show signs of activity.
Using modern…
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