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A cautionary tale for a world racing into renewables: The large majority of mini-grids in India no longer work, an environmental group found July 31, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT Students have their midday meal in the shade of the defunct solar grid on the roof of the SS School…

Comment on this storyComment At least 40 people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb blast targeting a political convention in northern Pakistan on Sunday, shocking the Pakistani government and prompting new concerns over the mounting scale of attacks as the country prepares for a general election later this year….

Updated July 30, 2023 at 7:36 a.m. EDT|Published July 30, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT A view shows the damaged facade of an office building in Moscow following a reported drone attack on Sunday. (Stringer/Reuters) Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting Moscow in drone strikes early Sunday, all of which…

Comment on this storyComment correction An earlier version of this article included an image of the Matterhorn summit in Oregon instead of the mountain in Switzerland. This image has been updated. The remains of a German mountaineer who had been missing for almost four decades were discovered in the melting…

Updated July 30, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT|Published July 27, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT An extended area of cemetery near damaged buildings in Nurdagi, Turkey. Spray-painted numbers mark the graves of those killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes. (Nicole Tung for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment NURDAGI,…

Comment on this storyComment Authorities arrested Nicolás Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Saturday morning on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, signaling the start of a legal case that experts say could test the country’s justice system. Nicolás Petro’s former wife, Daysuris Vásquez, was also…

Comment on this storyComment An American woman and her child were allegedly kidnapped near Haiti’s capital city on Thursday, according to the nonprofit organization she works for. The woman, Alix Dorsainvil, 31, is from New Hampshire but lives in the Caribbean nation and is married to the organization’s director, Sandro…

Updated July 29, 2023 at 3:17 p.m. EDT|Published July 29, 2023 at 3:23 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Special Operation troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, July 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/via REUTERS) Western diplomats will meet to discuss peace ideas with…