Top news websites hit by global outages

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 8 June 2021

Several major news websites faced outages on Tuesday, disrupting access for users worldwide. Websites such as CNN and the Financial Times displayed error messages due to technical issues.

Summary

ISLAMABAD—Prominent international news websites, including CNN, BBC, the Financial Times, the Guardian, New York Times, Bloomberg and others, were hit by global outages due to technical issues on Tuesday.

Messages such as “Error 503 Service Unavailable” and “connection failure” appeared on the websites of CNN, the Financial Times and The Guardian. Reportedly, the official website of France's Le Monde newspaper was also down.

Several social media platforms, such as Reddit, were also affected. The BBC, New York Times and Bloomberg News were temporarily inaccessible.

KEY POINTS:

• CNN and BBC experienced global outages on Tuesday.
• Error 503 messages were displayed on affected websites.
• The Guardian and Financial Times were also inaccessible.
• Social media platforms like Reddit faced disruptions.
• Official website of France's Le Monde was reported down.