Spain: Los Gallardos Wildfire Kills 12, Leaves 23 Missing in Almería

A wildfire broke out in Los Gallardos, Almería, Spain, on Thursday afternoon, July 9, killing at least 12 people and leaving 23 missing. Authorities say a fallen power line cable sparked the blaze.

US: Smoke Fills LIRR Train as Fire Shuts Down Penn Station Service

Smoke filled a Long Island Rail Road train car after an electrical fire broke out on a feeder cable inside the East River Tunnel near Penn Station on Thursday, May 14, forcing the MTA to suspend LIRR service and divert trains.

Xiong'an Power Grids Construction - China

Xiong'an Power Grids Construction - China

A robot conducts inspection work at a cable tunnel in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, April 15, 2025. In recent years, the local power sector of Hebei has been promoting power grids construction of Xiong'an New Area in accordance with the standards of first-tier cities in China. Under the concept of green, innovative and smart development, the construction of electrical substations would be integrated with urban landscape design, and many intelligent power projects have been finished. Photo by Mu You/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xiong'an Power Grids Construction - China

Xiong'an Power Grids Construction - China

A robot conducts inspection work at a cable tunnel in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, April 15, 2025. In recent years, the local power sector of Hebei has been promoting power grids construction of Xiong'an New Area in accordance with the standards of first-tier cities in China. Under the concept of green, innovative and smart development, the construction of electrical substations would be integrated with urban landscape design, and many intelligent power projects have been finished. Photo by Mu You/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb leaves after meeting with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb leaves after meeting with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets media

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on December 27, 2024. Stubb gave his comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Bogota Inaugurates Bogota's Subway Car as a School of Culture for Public Transport

Bogota Inaugurates Bogota's Subway Car as a School of Culture for Public Transport

Bogota's mayor plugs an electrical cable during the inauguration event of a subway car of Bogota's future metro system as a school of culture for public transport, on August 10, 2023. Photo by: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Russia cosmonauts conduct 1st 2023 spacewalk at International Space Station

STORY: Russia cosmonauts conduct 1st 2023 spacewalk at International Space Station DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:46 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cosmonauts conducting spacewalk (Source: Roscosmos) STORYLINE: Two Russian cosmonauts conducted their first spacewalk this year on Wednesday after a hiatus caused by the depressurization of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. According to a report by Russia's RIA Novosti, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin ventured out into space to move a radiator from one module of the International Space Station (ISS) to another. The spacewalk was the second for Petelin and the fourth for Prokopyev. The cosmonauts were tasked with disconnecting an electrical cable between an additional radiation heat exchanger and the "Zarya" module, removing a plug from the radiator, and then releasing four locks that attach the radiator to the module. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

NTT, 3 cable makers honored by IEEE for optical fiber mass production

NTT, 3 cable makers honored by IEEE for optical fiber mass production

Hiroo Unoura (far R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., and representatives of three Japanese electric wire and cable manufacturers pose upon receiving a milestone plaque from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, for their contribution to establishing basic technology for low-cost mass production of high-quality optical fibers for telecommunications. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo