Can solar power help Cuba survive the US oil blockade?

As US restrictions on oil shipments have left Cuba struggling to secure fuel, China is helping the communist island accelerate one of the world’s fastest solar transitions. Imports of solar panels and batteries have surged over the past year, allowing…

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Europe swelters under record heat

Tens of millions of people are enduring extreme temperatures across Europe as a deadly heatwave pushes eastward. Scientists say a heatwave of this intensity so early in the summer would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate chang…

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Israel attacks Lebanon despite truce

Despite the signing of a new framework agreement on Friday aimed at ending the conflict, fighting has continued in Lebanon. On Sunday, the Israeli military said it had killed Hezbollah militants and struck a rocket launcher near Nabatieh in southern L…

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