{
  "id": 873034,
  "title": "Three Central Asian countries report simultaneous power blackouts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/three-central-asian-countries-report-simultaneous-power-blackouts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:14:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434828/three-central-asian-countries-report-simultaneous-power-blackouts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ALMATY: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan all reported blackouts on Friday, which Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said had been caused by a “sudden change in the power flow” from the Central Asian grid. The energy ministries of all three countries, whose grids are interconnected, confirmed outages. They said work was under way to restore power. Reuters reporters in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}