Japan’s nuclear refugees face bleak return five years after Fukushima
NARAHA (Reuters) – Tokuo Hayakawa carries a dosimeter around with him at his 600-year-old temple in Naraha, the first town in the Fukushima “exclusion zone” to fully reopen since Japan’s March 2011 catastrophe. Badges declaring “No to nuclear power” ad…
Thirteen killed as Turkish forces clash with Kurdish militants
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers and 10 Kurdish militants have been killed in two clashes in southeast Turkey, the army said on Thursday, the latest casualties in a revived conflict that has killed hundreds since the collapse of a …
Public support for Putin to serve another term hits highest level in four years: poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Public support for Vladimir Putin to serve another term as president has hit its highest level in four years, a survey by a state-run pollster showed on Thursday.
Lighter traffic, little sign of customs crackdown at North Korea border
DANDONG, China (Reuters) – Hours after the United Nations imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea, vehicle traffic on the bridge linking the isolated country with the Chinese border city of Dandong was lighter than usual, but drivers reported no inc…
Kremlin regrets U.S. decision to extend sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia regrets that the United States decided to extend sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia’s Rosneft reports large oil spill on Sakhalin island
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Top Russian oil producer Rosneft said on Thursday that around 15 tonnes (110 barrels) of oil spilled off from an idled pipeline on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, while local ecologists say the scale of disaster is far larger.
U.N. imposes harsh new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea faces harsh new U.N. sanctions to starve it of money for its nuclear weapons program following a unanimous Security Council vote on Wednesday on a resolution drafted by the United States and Pyongyang’s ally China…
Dozens dead, missing in Angolan flash-flood: state media
LUANDA (Reuters) – At least 24 people, many of them children, died and dozens were missing in Angola after a flash-flood swept through a market in the southern city of Lubango, state media said on Thursday.
Papua New Guinea says ‘damaged’ by Australia asylum seeker camp
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said on Thursday that Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Papua territory has severely damaged the archipelago’s reputation and that the camp would have to close eventually.
Passion spent, Scots yet to be fired up by Britain’s EU vote
STIRLING, Scotland (Reuters) – If Prime Minister David Cameron is to win a June 23 referendum on membership of the European Union, he will need the passion of the Scots, who turned out in droves two years ago to decide the fate of the United Kingdom. B…
