Emergency power cuts affected multiple cities in Ukraine and Moldova over the weekend due to a technical glitch in the power lines between the two countries. Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal explained that the malfunction led to a widespread outage in Ukraine's power grid, prompting automatic protection mechanisms to kick in. The blackouts were observed in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv regions, disrupting water supplies in the capital and temporarily halting the subway system due to low voltage. Moldova also faced significant power disruptions, including in its capital, Chisinau, as a result of the power line issues in Ukraine. Moldova's energy minister, Dorin Junghietu, reassured the public to...

Pakistan's Chief Minister of Balochistan reported that security forces eliminated 145 militants during a 40-hour battle in response to coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the region that resulted in nearly 50 fatalities. The province is currently facing a severe escalation of violence as insurgents intensify assaults on security forces, civilians, and infrastructure in the resource-rich area bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Attacks carried out by individuals disguised as civilians targeted hospitals, schools, banks, and markets, indiscriminately harming ordinary people. The junior interior minister of Pakistan, Talal Chaudhry, stated that militants utilized civilians as human shields during the incidents. The Baloch Liberation Army, a banned separatist group, claimed...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Beijing, marking the initial visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in the past eight years....

Thermal drones paired with emerging artificial intelligence systems are proving effective in bolstering Alberta's defenses against invasive and destructive wild boar. Hannah McKenzie, the Alberta...