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Pakistan's quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Pakistan's quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
by  AFP

Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt. But the fall in national grid consumers has crept up on an unprepared government burdened by $8 billion of power sector debt, analysts say.

EU sets stage for big battle over long-term budget
EU sets stage for big battle over long-term budget
by  AFP

The European Commission will kickstart two years of tense negotiations when it unveils its proposal Wednesday for the EU's long-term budget including funding reforms that risk renewed confrontation with farmers. Centralising "funding into a single fund may offer some budgetary flexibility, but it risks dissolving" the CAP with "fewer guarantees", pan-European farmers' group Copa-Cogeca has said.

Cuban president addresses anger over 'there are no beggars' claim
Cuban president addresses anger over 'there are no beggars' claim
by  AFP

Cuba's president was forced to step in Tuesday after a minister's assertion that "there are no beggars" caused an uproar on the economic crisis-stricken island. President Miguel Diaz-Canel entered the fray on X Tuesday to lambast Feito's "lack of sensitivity."

Trump unveils investments to power AI boom
Trump unveils investments to power AI boom
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech's soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom. Trump made the announcement at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, with much of the talk about beating China in the global AI race.

Trump says Indonesia to face 19% tariff under trade deal
Trump says Indonesia to face 19% tariff under trade deal
by  AFP

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in a lower US tariff on the country's goods than earlier threatened, alongside better market access. India basically is working along that same line," Trump told reporters Tuesday, referring to market access.

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