As Cuba struggles with power cuts, how is the island holding up?
The BBC’s Will Grant reports from the island days after the entire national electric grid collapsed.
Month: March 2026
US aircraft carrier to sail to Crete for repairs after fire on board
The USS Gerald R Ford has played a significant role in US operations during the war with Iran.
‘Does America have a plan? Israel has a plan. Does America know?’
Daniel Levy, says that the US-Israel war on Iran is reckless and harms allies for Israel’s benefit.
Three women killed in occupied West Bank missile attack
Three women in an occupied West Bank hair salon became the first Palestinian deaths of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Saudi FM warns Iran that patience in Gulf not ‘unlimited’ amid attacks
Foreign minister warns Iran that regional neighbours have ‘significant’ capabilities with which to respond to attacks.
These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other’s wings
Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what’s known as pair bonding, a new study finds. (Image credit: Haruka Osaki)
A static electricity mystery comes to the surface
Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces
Ecuador gang leader wanted for murder of presidential candidate arrested
Officials believe the man – known as Lobo Menor – is linked to the killing of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.
One killed as ski gondola crashes down mountain at Swiss resort
Dramatic footage showed the gondola flipping over several times in the snow before coming to a halt in Engelberg.
Famous Iditarod dog sled race ends in repeat win for Jessie Holmes
The former reality TV star guided his dogs through a roughly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race, completing it in nine days, seven hours, and 32 minutes.
Forty years after the last one was poached, rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda
The return of southern white rhinos from the country comes after Ugandan poachers once wiped them out.
Finnish startup Elea & Lili raises €2.5M to replace the plastic
Polyacrylate is the synthetic crystal at the heart of every modern disposable nappy, is derived from petroleum, and it does not break down. It persists
Ofiniti raises $6.8M to push its maritime fuel software into global shipping hubs
The Oslo-based DNV spinout processed over 25,000 bunker operations in 2025 and claims roughly 40% of Singapore’s digital bunkering market. Verb Ventures leads a growth
