TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the government said on Friday. The water, used to cool reactors in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster, is being stored in huge tanks in the plant, and amounted to …
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By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China will suffer the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days from east to west, with some coastal cities already on their highest alert level and inland regions warning of dam failure risks because of melting glaciers. A sharp temperature spike is expected on Saturday, before building up …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States will resume long-suspended live field training during their joint military drills, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Friday, as they work to curb North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile programmes. The allies are set to kick off their annual summertime exercises next month, after South Korean President …
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(Reuters) -Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest site in the hours before dawn on Friday, arresting nine people and sparking reactions from opposition politicians, lawyers and foreign diplomats. SAJITH PREMADASA, OPPOSITION LEADER, ON TWITTER: “A cowardly assault against PEACEFUL protesters, who agreed to vacate the sites today; A useless display of ego and …
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country, leaving his successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to declare a state of emergency while seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. On Friday, a day after Wickremesinghe was sworn in, security forces launched a …
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades. The event came just hours after security forces raided …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government said on Friday it would hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27, amid street and social media protests that the state shouldn’t fund ceremonies for Japan’s longest-serving, but divisive, premier. Abe, prime minister for more than eight years over two terms and hugely influential …
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(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck south of Kēng Tung in eastern Myanmar on Thursday, United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), USGS said. (Reporting by Rachna Dhanrajani in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, by the end of the month at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries over Taiwan and trade. “I think I’ll be talking to President Xi within the next …
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By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Nigam Prusty MUMBAI (Reuters) -Lawmakers chose India’s first president from the country’s tribal communities on Thursday, which could boost the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among marginalised groups ahead of the 2024 general election. Droupadi Murmu, a 64-year-old teacher turned politician, will be the second woman to hold the …
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