China reduces main lending rates to boost economic growth

China reduces main lending rates to boost economic growth

China has lowered benchmark lending rates as expected at the monthly fixing on Monday, following previous reductions to other policy rates last month as part of a stimulus package to revive the economy. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was decreased by 25 basis points to 3.10% from 3.35%, while the five-year LPR was also … Read more

Nationwide blackout in Cuba caused by main power plant malfunction

Nationwide blackout in Cuba caused by main power plant malfunction

Friday’s total black out came after the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas – the largest on the island – went offline. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said the situation was his “absolute priority”. “There will be no rest until power is restored,” he wrote on X., external. Earlier on Friday, officials announced that all schools … Read more