Early Bird: Prime Minister Golob's movement likely won the Slovenian elections. Cuba faces further problems, once again without electricity
The tight result of the Slovenian elections, in which the Freedom Movement of Prime Minister Robert Golob likely won, reflects a deep division among the 1.7 million eligible voters. Post-election negotiations will therefore not be easy. Cuba experienced a second nationwide power grid outage over the weekend in less than a week, leaving about 10 million people without electricity. The country repeatedly struggles with power outages, caused in part by the current American oil blockade.
Slovenia Faces Difficult Post-Election Negotiations
The Freedom Movement of Prime Minister Robert Golob likely won in Sunday's Slovenian parliamentary elections. By midnight, 99.85 percent of the votes had been counted. According to preliminary results, Freedom gained 28.62 percent of the votes and 29 seats, followed by the Slovenian Democratic Party of three-time former Prime Minister Janez Janša with 27.95 percent of the votes and 28 seats. The EU and NATO member country is thus likely facing a challenging government formation. Neither of the two main blocs holds a majority of 46 seats in the 90-member parliament, stated the server Ceskenoviny.cz.
Cuba Hit by Another Nationwide Blackout During the Week
Cuba plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week as its national power grid failed again due to an energy blockade imposed by the United States. The blackout was reportedly caused by an unexpected failure of a generating unit at the Nuevitas thermal power plant in Camaguey province. Cubans in Havana face daily power outages lasting sometimes up to 15 hours. In the island's inland regions with a population of 9.6 million, these outages are reportedly even more severe, stated Al Jazeera.
The Mayor of Paris Will Be Socialist Grégoire, Deputy of the Current Mayor
Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire convincingly defeated conservative opponent Rachida Dati in the race for Paris mayor. This is evident from partial results of the second round of municipal elections. According to estimates, former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, who retained his position as mayor of the port city of Le Havre, also succeeded, along with Éric Ciotti, an ally of the far-right National Rally (RN), who is set to become mayor of Nice. In the second-largest French city, Marseille, left-wing candidate Benoît Payan is estimated to have retained the leadership of the city council, reported the portal Ceskenoviny.cz.
According to the jury, Elon Musk misled investors during the purchase of Twitter
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is responsible for defrauding investors by intentionally lowering the price of Twitter's shares in the months leading up to the acquisition of this social network in 2022. However, the court simultaneously cleared him of some fraud charges and found that he did not "intend" to mislead investors, reported the AP agency.
A nine-member jury in a civil trial held in San Francisco stated that although Musk was responsible for misleading investors with his two tweets, he did not do so with an official statement and did not "plan" to defraud investors intentionally.
Due to floods in Hawaii, authorities evacuated thousands of people
Hawaiian officials urged residents to evacuate following the worst floods in more than 20 years. Floodwaters inundated extensive areas of Oahu's north shore, which is particularly famous for surfing. The water, which lifted local houses and cars, led to the evacuation of 5,500 people. Authorities also warned that a 120-year-old dam might break, as reported by the agency AP.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, AP, Al Jazeera
