The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Power plant halt spurs Tokyo blackout fears with record June mercuryTOKYO - A unit at a thermal power plant in northeastern Japan was halted Thursday for a technical glitch, raising concerns over a potential blackout in Tokyo and surrounding areas, as the capital had the highest temperature for the month of June in nearly 150 years amid a simmering heatwave.Joban Joint Power Co., operator of the Nakoso coal- and oil-fired power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, said the No.9 unit was suspended around 3 a.m. Thu…READ FULL ARTICLE