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IAEA backs sea release of contaminated Fukushima water
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
Japan has around a million tonnes of contaminated water stored in tanks at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, whose reactors went into meltdown after a hu...
Hong Kong starts standing down riot police after budget hike
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
The announcement came a day after the force was given a 25 percent bump in its annual budget by the city's pro-Beijing leadership, including a doubling of its e...
Under-fire Trump defends coronavirus response
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
It comes a day after a senior health official warned that, despite containment efforts, it was only a matter of time before the COVID-19 disease spreads in the ...
Lawmakers criticize Pentagon plan to divert defense funds for border wall
Feb 26, 2020 (UPI)
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2021, Republicans and Democrats both expressed concern that ...
World Cup Finals to be held without fans due to coronavirus: ski official
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
The event will be held between March 18-22 in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Veneto region -- badly affected by a virus outbreak that has killed 12 people and infecte...
Coronavirus outbreak fuels China black market for supplies
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
Fraudsters have begun producing illegal products to satisfy runaway demand as masks and disinfectant remain in short supply and manufacturers struggle to keep u...
Pentagon considers 'scaling back' exercises due to coronavirus
Feb 25, 2020 (UPI)
On Tuesday, U.S. European Command's top officer, Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters told lawmakers the military may keep facilities in Italy closed past their intended ...
Carnival cancelled, Haiti capital on lockdown after police attack army HQ
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
The main roads through the city were blocked and smaller streets were deserted, leaving the capital cut off from the rest of the country. In a statement issued ...
Two dead after Haitian police attack army HQ over work conditions
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
In a statement issued Sunday evening, the government said it had observed "with concern and dismay that terror has reigned in certain arteries of the Port-au-Pr...
Pentagon shifts $3.8 bn more to Mexico border wall
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
Pentagon officials said the money would be used to build about 177 miles (285 kilometers) of the concrete and steel barrier Trump wants to deter migrants from e...
DIY virus protection: Hong Kongers making own masks amid shortages
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
In one of the most densely populated cities on earth, face masks have become hot property as people scramble for protection against the new deadly coronavirus. ...
US warns against cruise ship travel in Asia over coronavirus
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
The warning came as the number of confirmed cases of people on US soil who have been infected with the pathogen rose to 34, 21 of them repatriated from abroad. ...
Quarantine nightmare still not over for left-behind cruise ship crew
Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)
While passengers on board were confined to their cabins around the clock apart from an hour of fresh air on deck, most crew did not undergo quarantine as they w...
Virus brings two foes together, Japan and China
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
After decades of war and animosity, donations and Japanese ballet dancers shouting their support are among the gestures that have endeared Japan to Chinese peop...
Ukraine protesters clash with police over China virus evacuees
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Six buses with the evacuees arrived at the medical center, accompanied by law enforcement officers, a video published by Ukrainian media showed. The policemen h...
Japan hits back at 'chaotic' cruise ship quarantine claims
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
The huge vessel moored in Yokohama near Tokyo is easily the biggest coronavirus cluster outside the Chinese epicentre, with 621 positive cases confirmed among t...
Bushfire crisis hit 75% of Australians: survey
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
The Australian National University study showed the vast human scale of the five-month crisis, which killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes...
Fukushima staff could use raincoats as virus threatens gear production
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
Staff cleaning up the plant wear special plastic overcoats to prevent radioactive dust settling on clothes or the body and the TEPCO operator gets through 6,000...
'Tiger widows' shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
Mosammat Rashida's crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal tiger. Women like her are ostracised in many rural villages in Bangladesh, where they are viewed as...
As China needs virus masks, phone and diaper makers fill void
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
In just over two days, New Yifa Group converted a manufacturing line in Fujian province to make face masks, tapping some of its materials that would have gone i...
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