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Japan is running out of space to store waste water from Fukushima
Fukushima nuclear disaster: UN watchdog approves plan for water release
TOKYO — A UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards.The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment.The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors.Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea.Tokyo has not announced a schedule for the release and the plan still needs approval from a regulator.In 2011, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake flooded three reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. It is regarded as the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.More than 150,000 people were...
July 04, 2023

Fukushima nuclear disaster: UN watchdog approves plan for water release

Beauty salons in Afghanistan have one month to shut shop
Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut
SINGAPORE — The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women.A Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesman told the BBC businesses had one month to comply, starting from 2 July when they were first informed of the move.Women's freedoms have steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized power in 2021.They have barred teenage girls and women from classrooms, gyms and parks, and most recently even banned them from working for the United Nations.The Taliban have also decreed that women should be dressed in a way that only reveals their eyes, and must be accompanied by a male relative if they are traveling more than 72km (48 miles).The restrictions have continued despite international condemnation and protests by women as well as activists...
July 04, 2023

Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut

Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law.
China accuses UK of harboring Hong Kong 'fugitives'
HONG KONG — China has condemned the United Kingdom (UK) for "protecting" eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in exile."British politicians have openly offered protection to fugitives", a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the UK said on Tuesday, accusing London of "interference" in China's internal affairs.Hong Kong's leader called earlier Tuesday for eight exiled pro-democracy activists wanted by the police to surrender or "live in fear".Relations between China and the UK, which handed Hong Kong back to Beijing in 1997, have been strained since pro-democracy demonstrations broke out in 2019.London offered a special visa for Hongkongers in the wake of the protests, with more than 100,000 emigrating to the UK so far.Police in Hong Kong...
July 04, 2023

China accuses UK of harboring Hong Kong 'fugitives'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured side-by-side at the virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on July 4.
India’s Modi welcomes Putin, Xi and other leaders to virtual security summit
HONG KONG — World leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Tuesday in a virtual summit of Eurasian leaders hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The one-day online gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marks the first time that Putin has appeared on the world stage in an international summit since he diffused an armed rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group late last month – widely seen as the most significant threat to his power the autocrat had faced.The summit is expected to provide Putin with a stage to project an image of power, and reassure Moscow’s partners – and by extension the world – that he remains firmly in control.It is also an opportunity for the China and...
July 04, 2023

India’s Modi welcomes Putin, Xi and other leaders to virtual security summit

The incident took place on Thursday.
13 prisoners on the run after violent jailbreak in Pakistan
QUETTA — Police in Pakistan are searching for 13 prisoners who broke out of a jail in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan last week, in a dramatic and deadly escape that saw one inmate killed.Seventeen prisoners turned on their guards after they were taken out of their cells for morning prayers at Chaman district jail on Thursday, district officer Muhammad Naeem Achakzai, told CNN.The inmates overpowered two officers on duty and took their guns, Achakzai said, prompting deadly skirmishes to break out between police and the group of men.“Three officers were injured in the attack by the prisoners,” he said.Police fired at the men, killing one and injuring two others, Achakzai added. One prisoner later surrendered to the police but 13 remain on the run, according to...
July 03, 2023

13 prisoners on the run after violent jailbreak in Pakistan

Thin plastic bags are now banned in New Zealand supermarkets
New Zealand bans plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets
WELLINGTON — New Zealand has become the world's first country to expand its ban on plastic bags in supermarkets to thin bags, which are typically used to hold fruits or vegetables.The move, which took effect on Saturday, is part of a wider government campaign against single-use plastics.Most shoppers already bring their own bags to stores after take-home plastic bags were banned in 2019.In recent years, many countries have imposed a fee or ban on plastic bags."New Zealand produces too much waste, too much plastic waste," Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking said.She added more than one billion plastic bags had been saved since the ban on thicker bags took effect in 2019.The new move is expected to prevent the usage of 150 million plastic bags per year.Critics have...
July 03, 2023

New Zealand bans plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets

Twitter has more than 24 million users in India, by one estimate
India court's Twitter verdict sparks debate on free speech
BENGALURU — In July 2022, Twitter took the Indian government to court over its orders to block certain accounts and tweets. Several free speech experts hailed it as a significant lawsuit.It was the first instance of a social media company suing the government over its content takedown orders, often criticized for being arbitrary and opaque.Last week the Karnataka High Court dismissed Twitter's case and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($61,000; £48,000) on the company for not complying with the contested orders for over a year. Twitter has more than 24 million users in India, by one estimate.The verdict has left many digital rights experts worried."The judgement reposes untrammelled power in the state to issue blocking orders that bypass procedural safeguards," said...
July 03, 2023

India court's Twitter verdict sparks debate on free speech

File photo shows a woman carries a sack of fertilizer distributed by the UN in Yin Yane Village, Monywa, Myanmar. — courtesy FAO/Hkun Lat
Myanmar military’s obstruction of humanitarian aid could be international crime
YANGON — Myanmar’s military is killing civilians, destroying food and homes, and keeping the most vulnerable from receiving lifesaving aid, according to a new report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR).The chief of OHCHR’s Myanmar team James Rodehaver explained that since their February 2021 coup, the country’s military rulers have been instilling a “climate of fear” to subjugate the civilian population, restricting aid access and using “all means” at their disposal to clamp down on civil society.He said the military’s tactics had included the use of heavy weaponry on civilian areas and airstrikes, the burning of villages, and the use of landmines to prevent those forced to flee from returning home.“Another thing that they have done regularly has been to burn food...
July 01, 2023

Myanmar military’s obstruction of humanitarian aid could be international crime

Kathija says her own experience of motherhood helped her guide pregnant mums through childbirth
Indian nurse who delivered more than 10,000 babies
CHENNAI — Nurses and midwives are vital for India's healthcare system, but it faces challenges due to high demand and limited resources.Kathija Bibi, a recently retired nurse who received a government award for overseeing more than 10,000 successful deliveries, looks back on the changes she saw in attitudes toward women's healthcare in her 33-year-long career."I am proud that not a single one of the 10,000 babies I delivered died on my watch," says Kathija Bibi, 60, who counts this as the highlight of her career.The state's health minister, Ma. Subramanian, told the BBC that Khatija recently received a government award as no death was recorded during her years of service.During the three decades she worked at a government health centre in the southern state of Tamil...
July 01, 2023

Indian nurse who delivered more than 10,000 babies

South Korean and US Air Forces stage air drills, involving at least one B-52H strategic bomber, over the Korean Peninsula on Dec. 22, 2022, in this photo released by the defense ministry here. — courtesy Yonhap
S. Korea, US hold air drills with B-52H strategic bomber
SEOUL — South Korea and the US on Friday conducted combined air drills, involving at least one US B-52H strategic bomber, over the Korean Peninsula in a show of the allies’ “firm” determination to reinforce deterrence, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said.South Korea deployed F-35A radar-evading fighters and KF-16 jets to the drills, while the US sent F-16 and F-15E fighters, the report said in a press release carried by Yonhap News Agency.“Through the combined air training, both countries showed their firm determination to strengthen a combined defense posture by enhancing interoperability between the US extended deterrence assets, including nuclear forces, and the South Korean military’s cutting-edge conventional forces,” the Ministry said.Extended deterrence refers to...
June 30, 2023

S. Korea, US hold air drills with B-52H strategic bomber

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