Defiant Ukrainians wrap up warm to face power outages
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainians turned off domestic appliances, wrapped themselves in blankets to keep warm and remained defiant on Thursday as they faced the first nationwide electricity outages of the war against Russia. In response to requests by the President and government, towns and cities restricted power supplies and limited electricity use so that energy companies […]
Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national election in which prices, including the cost […]