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Storm Ciara, or Sabine, Leaves 5 Dead in Europe

February 10, 2020ILIANA MAGRAComments Off on Storm Ciara, or Sabine, Leaves 5 Dead in Europe

A powerful winter storm battered Europe on Sunday, leaving power outages, transportation chaos and at least five deaths in its wake.

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Transformative? New Device Harvests Energy in Darkness

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019Rebecca BoyleComments Off on Transformative? New Device Harvests Energy in Darkness

It doesn’t generate much power, but it works during the one time of day that solar cells can’t: night.

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One Thing We Can Do: Switch Light Bulbs

September 6, 2019September 7, 2019Jillian Mock and Henry FountainComments Off on One Thing We Can Do: Switch Light Bulbs

Also this week, the tricky business of tracking hurricanes.

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What ‘Victory’ Looks Like: A Journey Through Shattered Syria

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019Vivian Yee and Meridith KohutComments Off on What ‘Victory’ Looks Like: A Journey Through Shattered Syria

On an eight-day visit, New York Times journalists given rare access to Syria found ruin, grief and generosity. What was missing after eight years of civil war? Young men and a middle class.

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Major Power Outage Hits Britain, Causing Rush Hour Chaos

August 9, 2019REUTERSComments Off on Major Power Outage Hits Britain, Causing Rush Hour Chaos

Members of the public posted images on social media, which showed the underground tube network in the darkness and people having to use their mobile phones as torches.

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A Power Plant Fiasco Highlights China’s Growing Clout in Central Asia

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019ANDREW HIGGINSComments Off on A Power Plant Fiasco Highlights China’s Growing Clout in Central Asia

Beijing is using its financial might to expand its influence, eroding centuries of Russian dominance in a vast, resource-rich region.

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Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’

July 1, 2019July 3, 2019CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’

Electroactive bacteria were running current through “wires” long before humans learned the trick.

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U.S. Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019EDWARD WONG and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on U.S. Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran

The push against the Iraqi groups by top American officials has fueled tensions between the two nations and within the Trump administration.

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Venezuela Was Crumbling. A Blackout Tipped Parts of It Into Anarchy.

March 16, 2019NICHOLAS CASEYComments Off on Venezuela Was Crumbling. A Blackout Tipped Parts of It Into Anarchy.

Maracaibo, the 2nd largest city, was without electricity for more than a week and saw mobs of looters, deteriorating bodies in morgues, abandoned patients in hospitals.

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The Forbidden City Offers a Rare Nighttime Glimpse of China’s Imperial Past

February 20, 2019CLAIRE FUComments Off on The Forbidden City Offers a Rare Nighttime Glimpse of China’s Imperial Past

The Beijing palace and temple complex opened its doors to the public at night for the first time since 1925, giving visitors the chance to see it bathed in electric light.

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