Taiwan hit by widespread power outage as Pompeo meets president
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(Worthy News) – Taiwan suffered a widespread electrical blackout on Thursday and the power outage disrupted a meeting between former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The blackout affected seven cities including the capital of Taipei and reached the southern port of Kaohsiung, news reports from Taiwan said.
The outage occurred as Mr. Pompeo met with Ms. Tsai at the presidential palace. Although power was not affected there, a planned webcast was canceled. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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