Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink

Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink

When Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did for the third time in 10 days on Tuesday, a collective groan spreads across its cities and people wonder, again, whether the island’s antiquated electricity system may soon become unrecoverable.

The 777-mile Caribbean island of 9.5 million people has been sweltering under a six-month-long oil blockade imposed by the US, part of a pressure campaign to bring down its communist government. But the parlous state of Cuba’s infrastructure goes far further back.

“The backbone of the system is still the big power plants,’ said Jorge Piñon, a senior energy researcher at the University of Texas. “And they’re old, broken and tired.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

Noah Shack: Iran’s terror-crime nexus is a growing threat to Canadians

Noah Shack: Iran’s terror-crime nexus is a growing threat to Canadians

On July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds in the deadliest terror attack in Argentina’s history.

In the devastating aftermath, Argentina’s Jewish community — the largest in South America — was left questioning its safety and future in their country. Deepening that sense of fear was the fact that those responsible remained unidentified for more than a decade. Prosecutors ultimately identified the suicide bomber as a 21-year-old Lebanese member of Hezbollah and concluded that the attack had been directed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

RIP Volkswagen? The downfall of a German giant

RIP Volkswagen? The downfall of a German giant

Oliver Blume, the 58-year-old chief executive of Volkswagen Group, has lived and breathed the mighty German car industry for three decades.

After training as an engineer, he began his career in the body shop of Audi, honing his skills at a time when German cars were still the first and last word in automotive excellence.

He surely couldn’t have imagined, or wanted, his stellar VW trajectory to end up like it did last week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany

‘Just stop burning fossil fuels.’ Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix

‘Just stop burning fossil fuels.’ Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix

It’s another smoky summer in southern Ontario, and people breathing poor air in and around Toronto are once again asking what governments can do about wildfire smoke.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has defended the province’s wildfire budget and has asked Ottawa for extra help. Some Republican lawmakers in the U.S. have also demanded Canada do more to stop smoke from drifting across the border.

I say we start burning EV’s instead!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Somali gangs are terrorizing the Minneapolis area, sheriff says

Somali gangs are terrorizing the Minneapolis area, sheriff says

A dozen Somali gangs with hundreds of members, mainly teenagers, are wreaking havoc in Minnesota, committing public shootings and murders out in the open, according to local officials.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher, whose office patrols the metropolitan region surrounding Minneapolis and St. Paul, told the Washington Examiner that as many as 300 Somali youth are engaged in gang activity around the Twin Cities area.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity Crime", "Immigration from incompatible cultures", USA

Many Ukrainian soldiers outraged over removal of defence minister, troops tell BBC

Many Ukrainian soldiers outraged over removal of defence minister, troops tell BBC

“My operation is scheduled for tomorrow,” says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries.

“I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence,” the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. “Otherwise, everything I was fighting for will have been in vain.”

Among Ukraine’s battle-weary soldiers and wounded veterans, there’s a collective sense of outrage at this week’s political developments.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Marco Rubio: The greatest terror threat facing the world now comes from the far left

Marco Rubio: The greatest terror threat facing the world now comes from the far left

The most essential duty of the state, the first responsibility, frankly, of any government of any kind, is the protection of its people. It’s the protection of its country. This is a sacred obligation that should transcend all political and all ideological divisions. It is why, for example, we have militaries. It’s why we have intelligence agencies. It’s why counter-terrorism bureaus exist, why police forces exist. Keeping our people safe is the reason why every country represented here has all of these things.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

How Close Are Iranians to Overthrowing Their Government?

How Close Are Iranians to Overthrowing Their Government?

There’s been a lot of debate over what the end of the war with Iran should look like, and many believe that the only true victory would include regime change. The mullahs could lose their nuclear facilities and their top commanders, but as long as they held power, the threat would remain. Now, a leaked document from inside the regime itself suggests the Islamic Republic may be closer to collapse than anyone realized.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Ukrainian oligarch accuses Kyiv’s spy agency of trying to kill him after Monaco bomb attack blew off his partner’s legs

Ukrainian oligarch accuses Kyiv’s spy agency of trying to kill him after Monaco bomb attack blew off his partner’s legs

The Ukrainian property tycoon who was targeted in a bombing in Monaco has accused Kyiv’s military intelligence agency of being responsible for the attack.

Multimillionaire Vadym Yermolaiev, his mistress Anna Nasobina and their 13-year-old son were injured when a bomb packed with bolts and pellets detonated at the entrance hall to the Sun Palace apartment building in the Mediterranean principality on June 29.

Nasobina is understood to have lost both legs in the explosion.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke

Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says President Donald Trump‘s threat to impose new tariffs over smoke from Canadian wildfires should be taken seriously, arguing the ongoing haze is causing economic damage in the United States.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed several major American cities, including Detroit, Washington and Chicago, prompting Trump to lash out at Canada on social media Friday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

Amnesty Forced Into Humiliating Climbdown Over ‘Anti-Trans’ Report

Amnesty International UK is under growing pressure after experiencing pushback from a number of organisations it smeared for their alleged ‘anti-trans’ or ‘transphobic’ outlook.

A Growing Threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK was published on July 8th, 2026, and removed just two days later. The hasty response—from an organisation which took two years to acknowledge the Hamas October 7th atrocities—was prompted by a backlash from many of the groups the report berated for being part of an “anti-rights” movement. Past donors also raised concern about Amnesty’s capture by gender ideology. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAmnesty International, Big Tranny