CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM Raye Medeiros, left, who visited Hank’s—his cousin’s bar—talked with Council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, who led a tour of downtown and Chinatown with Downtown /Chinatown Neighborhood Board Chair Ernest Caravalho. 1 /6 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM Raye Medeiros, left, who visited Hank’s—his cousin’s bar—talked with Council member […]
Ukrainians are facing extended blackouts of up to eight hours on Wednesday, as the country grapples with extensive damage to its power stations, caused by ongoing Russian attacks. President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking on Tuesday at a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, said Russia had destroyed half of his country’s electricity-generating capacity, since it began […]
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI/HOA BINH, Vietnam (Reuters) – Lights are off and air conditioning is down at the headquarters of Vietnam’s state-run electricity provider EVN as the country’s top power utility tries to “lead by example” to avoid a repeat of last year’s crippling blackouts, an official tells visitors. But many businesses […]
Construction at the corner of Gene Autry Trail and East Mesquite Avenue could lead to an innovative power upgrade for Palm Springs residents. The eye-catching work is easily visible by drivers and might lead to questions about what crews are working on. What is being built at the corner of Gene Autry Trail and East […]
By Diego Oré and Carlos Carrillo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – As Mexicans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president and thousands of state and local posts, much of the country is suffering historic drought, intense heat, and occasional power blackouts. Water shortages may not be a new phenomenon in the Latin […]
Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defences to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and the bitter-cold winter. The Russian airstrikes targeting the grid […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defenses to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and the bitter-cold winter. The Russian […]
Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defences to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and the bitter-cold winter. The Russian airstrikes targeting the grid […]
It’s gone and done it again. Colossal sunspot AR3664 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet, and Earth is once again in the firing line. The X3.98 flare peaked in the early hours this morning (May 10) at 2:54 a.m. (0654 GMT) triggering either temporary or complete loss of high frequency (HF) radio signals […]
(Bloomberg) — Six successive shocks over the past three years have cost South Africa’s economy as much as 850 billion rand ($46 billion), according to estimates from the department of trade and industry. Most Read from Bloomberg Between early 2020 and the third quarter of last year the economy was upended by two global and […]
A recently detected sunspot region continues its active pattern with yet another powerful solar flare reported early Monday morning. The X4.5 solar flare peaked at 2:35 a.m. EST (0635 GMT) on May 6. Following the flare, parts of some of Earth’s sunlit side had temporary or complete loss of high frequency (HF) radio signals including […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A major blackout hit most of Tanzania on Saturday as heavy rains and strong winds from Cyclone Hidaya lashed the country following weeks of flooding in the region. Ferry services between Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar were suspended as Cyclone Hidaya approached the East African coast with maximum […]