Reuters World News Summary

Following is a summary of current world news briefs. Major grid failure triggers nationwide blackout in Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic was hit by a nationwide blackout on Monday following a “major failure” in its national power grid, authorities said, the second outage in three months. The outage halted traffic, disrupted public transport services and forced some businesses to shut as repair crews worked to bring electricity back online. Ukraine touts recapture of eight ?settlements in rare battlefield success Ukraine has regained control of 400 square kilometres of territory, including eight settlements, along a section of the southern frontline since…