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• British PM responds to call for slave trade reparations October 21, 2024
  The issue is not on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Commonwealth summit agenda, according to his spokespersonBritain will not raise the issue of reparations transatlantic slavery at a meeting of Commonwealth nations this week, according to a Reuters report on Monday.The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicked off in Samoa on Monday. It brings together […]
• Hurricane hits Cuba amid massive blackouts October 21, 2024
  The island plunged into darkness on Friday after the collapse of its largest power plantHurricane Oscar slammed into Cuba on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds as the country's 10 million people were already grappling with a massive power outage.The storm struck shortly after the collapse of the island's largest power plant on Friday, […]
• Cuba grid collapses again raising doubts about a quick fix October 21, 2024
  HAVANA - Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, raising fresh doubts about a quick fix on an island already suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.The blackout, after weeks of rolling outages, sparked some small protests around the Caribbean island, where a tropical storm threatened […]