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World
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Africa
4/5/2023 4:03:00 PM
The South African government on Wednesday lifted a National State of Disaster, a legal move introduced in February to fast-track efforts to tackle a crippling electricity shortage.
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World
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Africa
3/9/2023 9:08:07 PM
Amnesty International on Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to restore access to social media networks including Facebook, TikTok and Youtube as a blockade on some platforms entered its second month.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/25/2023 5:57:58 PM
Regular power outages caused by Russian missile strikes have terrified tens of thousands of Ukrainians who rely on electricity to keep medical equipment running.
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World
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Africa
1/16/2023 7:19:57 PM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos in order to deal with his country's worsening power blackouts.
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World
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International
12/24/2022 10:54:37 AM
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S. population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.
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World
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Africa
11/29/2022 5:39:00 PM
There is ``no timeline'' for restoring internet access to Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, a senior government official said Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/22/2022 12:51:30 PM
Rolling blackouts across Ukraine may continue through March, according to one of the country's energy chiefs, as Ukrainians brace for a grim winter after weeks of relentless Russian strikes against its power grid.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/15/2022 9:29:01 PM
Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a US official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people were killed.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/5/2022 5:31:10 PM
Ukraine's state electricity operator on Saturday announced regular scheduled blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia's devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.
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Egypt
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Society
10/22/2022 8:24:47 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Education warned schools and teachers last week to watch out for students involved in any “abnormal activities” following the emergence of videos on TikTok showing students participating in the so-called “blackout challenge”, which involves participants holding their breath until they pass out.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/12/2022 10:36:33 AM
Across Europe, governments are scrambling to prevent energy rationing and blackouts this winter. Whether they succeed will depend in part on something they have no control over: the weather.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
9/23/2022 5:06:00 PM
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World
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International
9/18/2022 10:12:01 PM
Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Sunday after causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump ``historic'' levels of rain.
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World
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International
9/18/2022 11:04:12 AM
A powerful typhoon approaching southern Japan pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain Sunday, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/11/2022 10:37:48 PM
Officials in east Ukraine on Sunday blamed Russian attacks on key facilities for widespread blackouts that hit large areas of the country where Kyiv's forces have been making gains in a counter-offensive.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
9/9/2022 4:56:59 PM
Europe is facing an energy crisis that is squeezing ordinary people's finances and in just a few weeks could mushroom into rolling blackouts and factory shutdowns. Already, many economists say a recession is on the way.
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World
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Africa
8/18/2022 8:23:30 PM
Striking electricity workers shut down Nigeria's power grid Wednesday, plunging the West African nation's more than 200 million citizens into darkness for several hours, officials said.
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World
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Region
1/25/2022 9:22:30 AM
Internet services returned to Yemen on Tuesday after a four-day outage caused by deadly coalition air strikes that marked a dramatic uptick in the seven-year war.
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World
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Region
1/24/2022 10:54:53 PM
Europe's busiest airport shut down in Istanbul on Monday while schools and vaccination centers closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, causing blackouts and traffic havoc.
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World
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Africa
1/13/2022 10:20:07 AM
Twitter was accessible in Nigeria on Thursday after the government lifted a seven-month ban on the social media giant for deleting a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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