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We await Ukraine's response to the temporary ceasefire proposal: Kremlin 29 Apr 2025 - 06:23 pm
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Candles and radios in demand in Spain as blackout lessons sink in 29 Apr 2025 - 06:05 pm
A woman uses her phone's torch while she walks her dog as the street lies in complete darkness during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Vigo on April 28, 2025. Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
AstraZeneca moves some production to US amid tariff threat 29 Apr 2025 - 04:01 pm
A flag with the logo of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca flies outside their facility for biological medicines in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden on February 8, 2022. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP.
Over 72,000 migrants dead, disappeared globally since 2014: UN 29 Apr 2025 - 03:50 pm
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi addresses the Security Council at United Nations headquarters in New York City on April 28, 2025. Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP.
Amnesty accuses Israel of 'live-streamed genocide' against Gazans 29 Apr 2025 - 03:33 pm
Members of Amnesty International hold a banner reading
Two cardinals to miss conclave for health reasons: Vatican 29 Apr 2025 - 03:10 pm
This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals entering in the Sistine Chapel before the start of the conclave at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP
Spain grid operator rules out cyberattack for blackout 29 Apr 2025 - 01:57 pm
Passengers walk along a platform to board a train at Santa Justa railway station in Seville on April 29, 2025, the day after a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP
Partial telecoms blackout in Greenland, possibly linked to Spain 29 Apr 2025 - 12:33 pm
This photograph shows an apartment building of Burgos at night, partially without electricity, following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, on April 28, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP.
EU top court rules 'golden passport' schemes are illegal 29 Apr 2025 - 12:23 pm
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Power gradually returns in Spain and Portugal, cause of outage remains unknown 29 Apr 2025 - 12:23 pm
A cyclist rides near an electrical substation in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP.
Blackout plunges Spain into chaotic night of darkness 29 Apr 2025 - 12:20 pm
This photograph shows the 25th April bridge over the Tagus river with the lights off following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Lisbon on April 28, 2025. Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP.
Bulgaria sells €4 billion in bonds, its biggest-ever Euro debt haul 28 Apr 2025 - 11:40 pm
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s minority government is looking to secure funding for its budget gap. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg)
Kyrgyzstan to supply 600 mln cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan 28 Apr 2025 - 11:11 pm
View from Astana, Kazakhstan. File photo for representational purposes only.
Russia announces three-day truce with Ukraine in May 28 Apr 2025 - 09:02 pm
Ukrainian servicemen of the Skala regiment artillery unit fire an M109 howitzer toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed area, in the eastern Donetsk region, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
Spain aims to restore power nationwide 'soon': PM 28 Apr 2025 - 08:53 pm
A waiter gives change by the light of her phone in a bar during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Hernani on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Ander Gillenea / AFP)
Prince William and Kate mark wedding anniversary in Scotland 28 Apr 2025 - 08:35 pm
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London on April 29, 2011, following their wedding. (Photo by John Stillwell / POOL / AFP)
Spotify pays $100 million to podcasters in first quarter 28 Apr 2025 - 08:15 pm
A person walks past a banner with an Spotify logo at the Frankfurt book fair on October 17, 2024. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Power cut interrupts play at Madrid Open 28 Apr 2025 - 06:10 pm
A saleswoman at a sports store works with a light on her head in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)