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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Africa’s most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at ageing and poorly maintained infrastructure, the nationalised utility company said Sunday. Andre de Ruyter, the boss of state-owned Eskom, announced a series of planned outages in the coming week. Urging South Africans to use electricity sparingly, he called for office lights to be turned off at night, and for swimming pool pumps and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Heatstroke has killed two people in Japan, officials said Wednesday, as nearly half a million homes struggled with electricity outages after a powerful typhoon battered Tokyo and the surrounding area. A 93-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man were found unconscious at their respective homes on Tuesday and were later confirmed dead by doctors, an official from Chiba prefecture east of Tokyo told AFP. At least 48 other people were sent […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island after a widespread electricity outage Sunday that the state utility PLN blamed on disruptions at several power plants. Tens of millions of people were affected by the blackout which plunged buildings in the sprawling capital — home to about 30 million people — into darkness and forced the temporary closure of its new mass rapid transit system. Passengers were […]
China on Wednesday offered to help Venezuela as it faces a crippling multi-day power blackout that President Nicolas Maduro has blamed on the United States. “China hopes that Venezuela can quickly find the cause of this accident and restore normal power and social order,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular briefing. “China is willing to offer assistance and technical support to Venezuela to restore the power system,” Lu said. Power has been […]
Nadine Dueñas Eagle News Service URUGUAY, SUDAMÉRICA–El gobierno de Presidente Nicolás Maduro aseguró que el servicio eléctrico ha sido reestablecido en la mayoría de los estados de Venezuela. En una rueda de prensa esta semana, Jorge Rodríguez, vicepresidente sectorial de Comunicación, Cultura y Turismo, dijo que el Presidente estaba “al frente” del ” trabajo de recuperación,” y ha “ordenado del despliegue de todos los ministerios para la distribución de alimentos, de cisternas con agua, de la […]
