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Which country had its fiber optic cables cut
On September 6, 2025, a cable cut in the Red Sea disrupted internet connectivity across multiple countries, including India, Pakistan and the Middle East region. Two undersea cables carrying internet data deep in the Baltic Sea were damaged, European telecommunications companies said this week, drawing warnings from European governments of possible Russian "hybrid warfare" targeting global communications infrastructure. On Wednesday, interest was focused on. The German government has blamed an act of sabotage for the cutting of two important undersea fiber optic cables, one connecting connecting Finland and Germany, and the other linking Sweden and Lithuania, on Sunday and Monday. The first cable break happened at around 8 a. Microsoft said in a status update that the Middle East "may experience increased latency due to undersea fibre cuts in the Red Sea," but gave no other details.
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Venezuela Slope-Climbing Three-Way Bridge
Heavy rains in Apure, a border state in southwestern Venezuela, caused the El Muerto bridge to collapse on July 13, 2025. This bridge connected Bruzual and Mantecal, two towns that rely on it for moving goods, food, fuel, and medical supplies. Taking a road and rail link across one of the biggest rivers in South America, together with its swamps and flood-plain, called for a new crossing of truly superlative dimensions. The Second Orinoco crossing or Orinoquia Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Orinoco River near Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. The Venezuelan Ministry of Transport confirmed the.