Japan will have to dump radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, minister says
Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant directly into the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday.
Japan will have to dump radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, minister says
Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant directly into the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday.
Tuvalu election puts Taiwan ties in play
The freshly elected lawmakers of the tiny Pacific country of Tuvalu are set to choose a prime minister against a backdrop of China’s efforts to erode the region’s traditional support for Taiwan.
Tuvalu election puts Taiwan ties in play
The freshly elected lawmakers of the tiny Pacific country of Tuvalu are set to choose a prime minister against a backdrop of China’s efforts to erode the region’s traditional support for Taiwan.
Investing in climate adaptation can spur trillions in benefits: report
Investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in projects to help communities adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change could yield $7.1 trillion in economic benefits, according to a report released on Tuesday by a high-level international commi…
Investing in climate adaptation can spur trillions in benefits: report
Investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in projects to help communities adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change could yield $7.1 trillion in economic benefits, according to a report released on Tuesday by a high-level international commi…
Australians flee homes as police investigate suspicious fires
A 12-year-old boy started a bushfire and two teenage girls were questioned over another blaze in Australia’s Queensland state, police said on Tuesday as forest fires forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the country’s east.
Guatemala deploys 2,000 troops after deadly attack on soldiers
Hundreds of Guatemalan soldiers were deployed on Monday to an area near the border with Honduras and Mexico, home to long-standing social conflicts, in a bid to improve security after three soldiers were gunned down by suspected drug runners.
North Korea says it will resume talks but adds pressure with new launches
North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.
Salvadoran activists hurl confetti, paint to protest new abortion trial
Activists in El Salvador threw eggs filled with confetti and sprayed red paint outside the attorney general’s office on Monday to a protest a decision to seek a third trial for a woman accused of killing her stillborn son.
