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Cuba suffers second island-wide blackout in a week amid Trump fuel blockade 

10 July 2026

Cuba has reported its second nationwide blackout in less than a week, plunging the island into darkness shortly before e...

Nicaragua strips lawyers of certification in latest crackdown on dissent 

10 July 2026

Nicaragua’s government has stripped masses of lawyers of their licences to practise, in what critics see as yet anothe...

Under Lula, Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in a decade 

10 July 2026

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has fallen to its lowest level in a decade during the first half of 2026, ...

Donald Trump removes final members of independent US election commission 

10 July 2026

President Donald Trump has removed the last remaining members of an independent federal commission that helps support Un...

How Wong Kim Ark’s legacy reignited the fight for birthright citizenship 

10 July 2026

But advocates in San Francisco are working to ensure Wong’s memory is never forgotten again. In San Francisco’s ...

UK police arrest man suspected of murdering former MP Ann Widdecombe 

10 July 2026

News|Crime British police have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe, a former government ...

Witnesses contest the Trump administration’s account of Texas ICE killing 

10 July 2026

A lawyer representing three witnesses to the killing of a man in Texas has said they contest the United States governmen...

Hospital workers wounded in Israeli drone attack on Gaza’s Kamal Adwan 

10 July 2026

An Israeli drone attack on a hospital in northern Gaza injured staff members, despite a “ceasefire” being in place, ...

Peru’s President-elect Fujimori says she wants to restore ties with Mexico 

10 July 2026

Peru’s President-elect Keiko Fujimori has announced she wants to restore diplomatic relations with Mexico, a move that...