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Ten dead in northern China gas leak
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
The incident at around 3:40 pm (0740 GMT) on Thursday occurred at a chemicals company in Ordos in the Inner Mongolia region, state broadcaster CCTV reported. An...
First phase of Fukushima water release to end Monday
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
TEPCO added that levels of radioactive tritium in tested seawater samples near the plant in north-east Japan were within safe limits, according to a statement l...
Minorities more likely than White people to live behind subpar levies
Sep 05, 2023 (UPI)
There are several thousand miles of levees in the United States, some of which date as far back as the 1700s when early settlers built them to protect crops. Th...
Fukushima wastewater release spawns misinformation
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
Some of the content has even been circulated by Chinese state media, including AI-generated images of a nuclear-powered Godzilla rising from the seas. China has...
Exodus begins at drenched Burning Man party in US desert
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
With the sun now shining on the colorful makeshift community of 70,000 people called Black Rock City, the roads opened Monday afternoon, kicking off the officia...
Go with the flow -- or flee: Burners split over mud tactics
Sep 04, 2023 (AFP)
For some veteran "burners," a weekend of rain did not ruin the counterculture festival's vibe on the so-called playa, even as a few attendees fled the sodden Ne...
Iran pilgrims among 18 dead in Iraq crash
Sep 02, 2023 (AFP)
The "horrible accident" occurred between Dujail and Samarra, state news agency INA said, citing Khaled Burhan, director of health services in Salaheddin provinc...
In Florida, residents grapple with Hurricane Idalia's toll
Aug 31, 2023 (AFP)
But the mood is anything but idyllic as the town of Keaton Beach assesses the damage from Hurricane Idalia, which left overturned trees and destroyed homes in i...
Biden cracks down on unlicensed gun dealers
Aug 31, 2023 (AFP)
The Justice Department released detailed rules that follow the Biden-backed Safer Communities Act passed by Congress in June 2022 in reaction to the large numbe...
Houses destroyed in Swiss landslide
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
The landslide rammed into the small village of Schwanden in Switzerland's far east at around 5:30 pm (1530 GMT), the Keystone-ATS news agency reported, citing r...
Fukushima wastewater not toxic, says IAEA chief
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
"So far we have been able to confirm that the first releases of these waters do not contain any radionucleide at levels that would be harmful," Rafael Grossi to...
Alps rockslide halts train services between France and Italy
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Regional authorities in Savoie said the rockslide occurred at 5:15 pm (1515 GMT) on Sunday, when "boulders with a total volume of 700 cubic metres (25,000 cubic...
Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima discharge
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
While Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe -- a view backed by the UN's nuclear watchdog -- China has staunchly opposed it and banned all Japa...
Greek wildfires spur anti-migrant sentiment
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
At least two news reports implicating migrants were soon denied. The verbal assault intensified after a group of 13 Pakistani and Syrian men were accused by loc...
Fukushima operator says released water samples within safe limits
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
The start on Thursday of the discharge of some of the 1.34 million tonnes of water, collected on-site in the 12 years since the plant was swamped by a tsunami, ...
Japan releases water from Fukushima nuclear plant, China furious
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
The start of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water over several decades is a big step in decommissioning the still highly dangerous...
Japan begins release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
The beginning of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water into the Pacific over several decades is a big step in decommissioning the s...
UN atomic watchdog says tritium concentration of discharged Fukushima water 'far below' operational limit
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
"IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) experts this week took samples from the first batch of diluted water prepared for discharge," the atomic watchdog, wh...
Final preparations under way for Fukushima water release
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Tokyo had announced on Tuesday that the operation would begin on Thursday, prompting an angry response from China and partial import bans on Japanese seafood by...
700 Syrians caught trying to enter Lebanon in a week: army
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
The attempted influx coincides with days of rare protest in Syria's southern city of Sweida, as dire living conditions stoke discontent in regime-held areas. Mi...
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