Fukushima soil headed to Japan PM’s flower beds to allay nuclear safety fears
The Guardian : Slightly radioactive soil from near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be transported to Tokyo and used in flower beds...
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Malaysian minister resigns
Reuters : Malaysia’s Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said on Wednesday he has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, after losing a contest for...
Hamas agrees ceasefire, US-Israel rejects
Al Jazeera: Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire proposal put forth by the United States for Gaza, according to Al Jazeera’s sources, but an American...
ASEAN kicks off summits with China, Gulf States amid US tariff threat
Al Jazeera: Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah...
Over 200 Ukrainian POWs died in Russian prisons
AP: “Everything will be all right.” Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and...
800 lawyers, judges call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
The Guardian: The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its...
Nepali ‘Everest Man’ breaks own record
AFP: A 55-year-old Nepali climber dubbed “Everest Man” reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain for a record 31st time on Tuesday, more than...
US ‘Golden Dome’ risks ‘space nuclear war’ says N Korea
BBC: Pyongyang derided Donald Trump’s recently announced defence system, which will be aimed at countering “next-generation” aerial threats including ballistic and cruise missiles.North Korea has...
30 killed in central Nigeria attacks: local govt official
AFP: More than 30 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Monday, the latest...
‘Putin gone absolutely CRAZY’
Reuters : US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and...