Spain’s top security and defense officials were meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula this week, which halted critical infrastructure for up to 18 hours in some areas. The authorities in Spain and Portugal are under pressure to figure out what caused the power grid to shut down. The Spanish…
Widespread power outages upended life for millions across Spain and Portugal — and, briefly, parts of France — on Monday. Traffic lights went dark at busy intersections. Trains stopped in the middle of a workday. And long lines formed at A.T.M.s and grocery stores, where credit card readers stopped working. By Tuesday morning, the outages…
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. China has for years presented an economic challenge for Europe. Now, it could become an economic disaster. It produces a vast array of artificially cheap goods — heavily subsidized electric vehicles, consumer electronics, toys, commercial grade steel and more — but much of that trade was destined for…