Mexico offers air bridge to Cuba as airlines suspend flights amid fuel crisis
Mexico has proposed establishing an air bridge to Cuba to help maintain air links as several international airlines suspend flights due to a deepening aviation fuel shortage on the island, officials said. The initiative comes amid an escalating energy crisis largely driven by a U.S. campaign to cut off Cuba’s oil supplies, which has......
Ukrainian drone team overwhelms NATO battalions in Estonia exercise
A major NATO military exercise held in Estonia last year exposed significant weaknesses in Western forces’ ability to operate under intense drone warfare conditions, according to firsthand accounts reported by The Wall Street Journal. The findings highlight a widening gap between NATO’s traditional combat doctrine and the realities......
US envoy says China holds leverage to end Ukraine war
The United States ambassador to NATO told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference that China remains the pivotal actor capable of influencing the course of the war in Ukraine, arguing that Beijing’s economic and technological support has sustained Russia’s military campaign. Speaking at the 62nd annual gathering in Munich,......
Hungary calls Ukraine enemy in Druzhba pipeline dispute
A Russian airstrike on January 27 damaged critical infrastructure along the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline, halting the flow of Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia and triggering a diplomatic clash between Budapest and Kyiv ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha disclosed......
DP World replaces CEO and chairman after Epstein documents scandal
Dubai based ports operator DP World announced sweeping leadership changes on Friday, appointing Essa Kazim as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as group chief executive, replacing Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem who had held both roles for decades. The move comes amid mounting pressure following the release of US Justice Department documents linking bin......
Satellite data shows Cuba night lights drop 50 percent
Cuba is facing its most severe energy crisis in decades, with satellite imagery showing that nighttime lighting across the island has fallen sharply after efforts by the Trump administration to restrict its oil supply. The shortages have plunged large parts of the country into darkness, grounded international flights and forced widespread......
Spain issues red alert in southeast over 150 km h winds
Spain’s state meteorological agency has placed the entire province of Castellón under a red alert, the highest risk level, as forecasters warn of exceptionally strong winds set to hit the southeastern region on Saturday. The national weather service AEMET said gusts could reach 130 km h along the coast and 140 km h inland, with......
Zelensky receives first drone from German Ukrainian factory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday visited the first German Ukrainian drone manufacturing plant, where he received the inaugural attack drone produced under the new partnership as Kyiv steps up efforts to expand its defense production footprint across Europe. The facility, operated by Quantum Frontline Industries near Munich,......
ECB seen holding rates at 2 percent through 2026
The European Central Bank is expected to keep its deposit rate at 2.00 percent at least until the end of 2026, marking what would become its longest stretch of stable borrowing costs since the end of the negative interest rate era, according to a Reuters survey published this week. In the poll conducted from February 9 to 12, 66 of 74 economists......
Spain and Poland inflation fall to multi month lows in January
Fresh inflation data released Friday showed easing price pressures in Spain and Poland, while India unveiled a revamped consumer price index aimed at better capturing modern spending patterns. Spain’s harmonised annual inflation rate, calculated under European Union standards, fell to 2.4 percent in January from 3.0 percent in December,......
Ubisoft beats forecasts as Assassin’s Creed drives bookings growth
Ubisoft Entertainment reported third quarter net bookings of 338 million euros, up 12 percent year on year and above both company guidance and Wall Street expectations, buoyed by sustained demand for its flagship Assassin’s Creed franchise as the publisher undergoes a sweeping restructuring. For the quarter ending December 2025, the......
UN experts denounce Trump oil blockade on Cuba as illegal
United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting fuel supplies to Cuba, describing it as a serious breach of international law that risks triggering a severe humanitarian crisis on the island of 9.6 million people. The statement from the Office of the UN High Commissioner......
Banned Iranian director secretly premieres prison drama in Berlin
Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi is returning to fiction filmmaking with “Roya,” a prison drama set inside Tehran’s Evin prison, where a detained teacher must choose between delivering a forced televised confession or enduring prolonged isolation. The film will have its world premiere on......
Chile sends aid to Cuba as Boric condemns US embargo
Chile’s government announced Thursday that it will deliver humanitarian assistance to Cuba as the Caribbean nation grapples with a worsening energy and economic crisis. The move came as Russia confirmed plans to ship oil and refined petroleum products to Havana in what it described as humanitarian support. Foreign Minister Alberto van......
EU clears Universal Music purchase of Downtown with conditions
The European Commission on Friday approved Universal Music Group’s 775 million dollar acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, subject to conditions requiring the sale of Downtown’s royalty accounting platform Curve to address competition concerns. The conditional clearance concludes a months long regulatory review that examined......