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  "id": 15195785,
  "title": "Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-electricity-blackout-15195785",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-17T12:17:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444679/sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-electricity-blackout"
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  "summary": "COLOMBO: Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide electricity blackout on Saturday after the national grid tripped, possibly because solar power generation exceeded consumption, officials said. The country was without grid power for more than two hours, with no clear timeline for when electricity would be restored. State-run Electricity Distribution Lanka (EDL) said engineers were working to fix a fault…",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-electricity-blackout-15166511",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:17:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-electricity-blackout",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:26:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Too much solar power? Sri Lanka suffers nationwide blackout as grid fails",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/too-much-solar-power-sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-blackout-as-grid",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:33:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/sri-lanka-suffers-nationwide-electricity-blackout-15171017",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:54:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Sri Lanka’s 22 million people hit by six-hour blackout as grid shuts down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/sri-lankas-22-million-people-hit-by-six-hour-blackout-as-grid-shuts",
        "published": "2026-10-17T13:28:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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