Zelenskiy says crisis averted as Russian-held Ukraine nuclear plant regains power
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster on Thursday as the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was restored hours after being cut. Zelenskiy blamed shelling by Russia’s military for fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal power station that disconnected the […]
Combatting power outages: ‘Community Lighthouses’ powered by the sun and volunteers
REBECCA SANTANA, of Associated Press, reports on how a project involving local churches in south-east Louisiana is helping people who are vulnerable during power outages…
Gazans reel under heat and lengthy power cuts
GazaReuters For Palestinians living on the crowded Gaza Strip, a searing summer heatwave has been made worse by power cuts that leave them without electricity for as much as 10 hours a day. “The fan is broken, the battery is not working and we are fanning ourselves with trays,” said Alaa Zidan as she sat […]
South Africa: Power cuts widen digital divide and wealth gaps
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how rolling electricity blackouts mean South Africans unable to afford data and generators struggle to study or work online…
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 […]
Sri Lanka hit by power cuts after key union goes on strike
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles a crippling economic crisis. About 900 out of around 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka’s main power company, went […]
Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarce
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lankans faced 10-hour power cuts on Wednesday and warnings of longer blackouts on Thursday, as a deepening economic crisis roiled markets and the electricity regulator urged more than a million government employees to work from home to save fuel. The island nation has been unable to pay for fuel shipments […]
In Sri Lanka, as economic crisis worsens, two men die waiting in queue for fuel
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan police said on Sunday two men collapsed and died while waiting in separate queues to secure fuel amid sky-rocketing prices leading to record inflation. The men, in their seventies, died while they were waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in two different parts of the country, said police spokesman Nalin […]
Postcards: Power cuts heat up interest in Syria’s traditional bathhouses
FIRAS MAKDESI and KINDA MAKIEH, report for Reuters from Syria on how bathhouses have become a necessity in navigating ongoing power cuts…
Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba
Havana, CubaReuters Thousands of Cubans took to the streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in rarely seen protests, expressing frustration over economic conditions, the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and what they said was government neglect. President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who also heads the Communist Party, blamed the United States for the unrest in a nationally […]