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Japan on Monday started to dump more than 10,000 tons of low-level radioactive water into the Pacific as part of emergency operations to stabilise its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The last-resort measure came after the Bank of Japan said business confidence had plummeted since the earthquake and tsunami hit on [...]
President Barack Obama said he’s assured that Muammar al-Gaddafi can “ultimately” step down, as a brand new poll on Wednesday found nearly half Americans were hostile US military involvement in Libya.
Obama warned on Tuesday he had not dominated out supplying arms to rebels seeking to oust him, and said the “noose is tightening” round the [...]
Allied air strikes will go on in Libya until Muammar al-Gaddafi stops attacking civilians, pulls back his forces and allows in humanitarian aid, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
Speaking at an international conference on Libya in London, the chief US diplomat also called for a “united front of [...]
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was due in South Korea on Wednesday for talks expected to cover North Korea’s newly disclosed uranium enrichment programme and other issues, officials said.
Yang will meet his counterpart Kim Sung-Hwan and President Lee Myung-Bak during a two-day visit. A foreign ministry official told AFP the [...]
New Zealand police on Wednesday abandoned hope of finding survivors at the collapsed Canterbury TV building, adding foreign students were likely among the dead.
The six-storey building collapsed after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch on Tuesday.
“This particular site, CTV site, had a number of overseas students in it and my [...]
A double by England striker Carlton Cole inspired Premier League strugglers West Ham to a 5-1 thrashing of Championship side Burnley and earn them a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Monday.
The 27-year-old struck in the 48th and 50th minutes to add to German Thomas Hitzlsperger’s opener on his [...]
Multiple fatalities had been reported in New Zealand’s Christchurch following a major 6.3 magnitude earthquake, including two buses that were crushed by falling debris, police said.
The earthquake caused widespread damage in a city already recovering from a major quake in September last year.
“Multiple fatalities have been reported at several locations in [...]
G20 nations strove to reach a deal Saturday on a set of indicators to measure the economic health of nations to avoid another global financial crisis.
Negotiators were set to work through the night so the finance ministers and central bankers from the 20 top developed and developing economies could finalise [...]
Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple, palace officials announced Wednesday.
The visit will be from June 30 to July 8, two months after their wedding in London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29.
“Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have accepted an invitation [...]
Torrential rain and high winds lashed Darwin Wednesday as a new tropical cyclone bore down on Australia’s north, just two weeks after a top-strength storm caused massive destruction.
Schools and a major airport were closed as Tropical Cyclone Carlos formed off the far-flung northern city, which was hit by floods and [...]