Friday, October 25, 2019

But beyond the destruction, which appeared limited on Thursday to several dozen buildings, hundreds of thousands of people were affected, both by the fires and a deliberate blackout meant to prevent them.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

If they do subdue this time around it will be because of the excessive force and media blackout.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

LOS ANGELES – Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began Wednesday as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires.

Friday, September 13, 2019

CHIBA – Industry minister Isshu Sugawara said Thursday that the blackouts affecting parts of Chiba Prefecture due to Typhoon Faxai could last another week or longer, leaving residents and a local mayor feeling debilitated and frustrated.

Saturday, August 17, 2019

A heavy troop presence and a near-constant curfew and communications blackout remained in place in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir for a 12th day.

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Article 370: Kashmir in communications blackout

Critics say the blackout suggests the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) fears the announcement will provoke unrest in Kashmir, where an insurgency against Indian rule has continued for three decades.

Pakistan has vowed to take any measure necessary to “stand by” people in Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications blackout continues a day after the Indian government said it would revoke the territory’s special status and divide it in two.

Saturday, June 1, 2019

During a brief speech before a handful of followers in the small town of Sabaneta, Guaido called for a "large mobilization" of protesters to rally against the government over shortages of gasoline and prolonged blackouts in the country.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

The struggle to live through Venezuela's blackouts

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Venezuelan opposition leader will call for 'state of national emergency' as power blackout goes on

Friday, August 3, 2018

“Energy saving has become common at factories and homes as a result of the rolling blackouts that were implemented in the wake of the 2011 disaster,” an official of TEPCO Power Grid Inc., a power transmission and distribution utility, said.