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By Michael Rios, Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments. Cuba’s energy ministry said the national electrical grid had suffered a total collapse on Monday. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said officials

By Eyad Kourdi, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Hamas announced on Monday that it will dissolve its government in Gaza, a move that experts say puts pressure on Israel as progress from the US-brokered ceasefire plan has stalled. Ismail al-Thwabta, the head of the Hamas’ Government Media Office (GMO), said the militant group

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will not be able to stay at Buckingham Palace during his visit to London this week, despite his team appearing to confirm earlier Monday that he had accepted an invitation to stay there. The Duke of Sussex had not provided a formal response to

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after naming singer Kylie Minogue in response to a question about who he would, theoretically, “shag, marry, date.” Albanese appeared on the “Bush Deep” podcast on Thursday, hosted by comedian Nikki Osborne, who asked him whom he would choose out of Minogue,

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Cuba’s tourism sector seems to have everything from white sandy beaches to Spanish colonial forts. Everything except for tourists. The island’s economy has been caught in a death spiral following a barrage of sanctions levied by the Trump administration against the communist-run government. As services break down

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China on Monday conducted a rare test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean, sparking criticism from New Zealand and Australia for actions that they said threatened peace and stability in the region. A People’s Liberation Army Navy submarine “launched a strategic missile carrying a dummy warhead

By Clare Sebastian, Zahra Ullah, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs, Lou Robinson, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Almost all of Russia’s 83 regions are seeing gasoline shortages or reported disruptions to supply, according to a CNN analysis, with many gas stations imposing rationing as the Russian government races to get ahead of a ferocious campaign of Ukrainian

By Brad Lendon, Briana Waxman, CNN (CNN) — One of the strongest super typhoons on the planet this year was striking the US Pacific Islands on Monday morning, the second massive storm to hit the territories since April. The center of Super Typhoon Bavi, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, was passing over Rota,

By Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, Max Saltman, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under a deadly Russian attack early Monday morning, on the eve of a critical NATO summit in Turkey that US President Donald Trump plans to attend. Massive explosions lit up the night sky as ballistic missiles and drones hammered

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Much like his ally, US President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage has enjoyed a political career seemingly coated in Teflon, his straight-talking, combative communication style brushing off any potential scandal. Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations

By Anabella Gonzalez, Alessandra Freitas, CNN Sniffing and burrowing his way through the rubble of Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, Tsunami the mixed-breed border collie was out on one last job before retirement. Recognizable by his heterochromia – with one eye brown and the other blue – he has helped locate several people trapped beneath the debris

By Sana Noor Haq, Ibrahim Dahman, Sarah Tamimi, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old Karam dribbles a blue, yellow and white football down a sandy path in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. “My dream was to become a footballer,” said Karam, who is displaced with his two brothers and sister. “I used to play with my

By Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s foreign ministry. The call came ahead of a critical NATO summit in

By Chris Lau, Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN. Ezra Jin, the founder of Zion Church, was among dozens of members caught up in a

By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not be accompanying Prince Harry when he visits London next week, as a disagreement over his family’s police protection continues. It is, however, still possible that the Sussex family could join him at engagements elsewhere in

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Lampedusa, Italy (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV marked July 4 with an appeal to Americans to receive immigrants with “compassion and generosity” as he made a visit to the frontlines of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. In a letter released soon after he arrived on the southern Italian island Lampedusa,

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race following a weeks-long vote count that ended with a razor-thin margin of victory in the deeply polarized South American country. The country’s electoral office confirmed Friday that Fujimori, the eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, had won

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Britain’s Prince Harry. Personal Birth date: September 15, 1984 Birth place: London, England at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington Birth name: Henry Charles Albert David Father: Charles, the Prince of Wales Mother: Diana, the Princess of Wales Marriage: Rachel Meghan (Markle) Windsor (May

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Personal Birth date: July 20, 1966 Birth place: Atlacomulco, Mexico Birth name: Enrique Peña Nieto Father: Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo, an engineer Mother: Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Ofelia Nieto Sanchez, a teacher Marriages: Angélica Rivera, (2010-May

By Eugenia Yosef, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A US man living in Israel has been charged with spying for Iran in exchange for cryptocurrency funds, according to the State Attorney’s Office and an indictment filed on Friday, in what appears to be the first time an American faces prosecution amid a wave of