Plastic waste chokes off power in eastern DR Congo
A mass of plastic waste is blocking the turbines of a major hydroelectric dam in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - resulting in power outages as workers struggle to clean out plastic…
Blackout as grid collapses again
Nigeria has, for the ninth time in 2024, been thrown into darkness following the collapse of the national power grid. In the last one week, the grid has collapsed three times.…
Darkness in major cities as Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses again and more
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How Hezbollah secures its power inside Lebanon
Hezbollah, considered a terrorist organization by many countries, holds sway in many areas of Lebanon. Being not only an Islamist militant group but also a political party, it steps in where a…
Google teams up with nuclear energy startup to power AI data centres
Tech giant Google is backing US nuclear energy startup Kairos Power to build seven small reactors which will power one of its artificial intelligence data centres.…
Will Google’s Power fade soon?
Using Google search is often more of a reflex than an actual choice. Is this too much power? The outcome of the antitrust trial against Google in the US could have consequences…
Friedrich Merz, the CDU and its bid for power
Friedrich Merz has been working meticulously to reorient the Christian Democrats (CDU) since 2022, when he was elected as chairman of the party and also the leader of the center-right parliamentary group…
India votes as BJP looks to extend 10-year grip on power: A referendum on Modi?
A world record of 969 million citizens are called to the polls for what some see as a referendum on one man. India is about to embark on the world's biggest election,…
Myanmar military seizes power, detains Suu Kyi
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy (NLD)…
Ethiopia: The power of solar clothing
How frustrating is it when you are on the road and your mobile phone runs out of power. This Ethiopian student invented the solution: wearable solar clothing.…
Pakistan: Power partially restored after nationwide outage
Millions were left without light or electricity across Pakistan after the national power grid was disrupted by a fault in the transmission system.…