Japanese Government Acknowledges First Fukushima Radiation Death
Thousands of people died as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit in 2011, but this is the first death that the government says was caused by radiation. He was a Fukushima worker.
Blue wave euphoria? Why it hasn’t reached this corner of Baltimore
In April 2016, one year after the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, church elder Clyde William “C.W.” Harris climbed to the roof of his office building in West Baltimore and refused to come down. “I stayed on the roof for four nights and …
Toyota Recalls Some Hybrids Citing Concerns About Vehicle Fires
Of the nearly one million vehicles that have been recalled globally, about 192,000 Prius vehicles from model years 2016 through 2018 have been affected in the United States.
Scientist In Botswana Finds 87 Dead Elephants That Were Killed By Poachers
A scientist conducting a survey of elephants in Botswana found the carcasses of 87 elephants killed by poachers. The discovery points to a crisis in what is considered an elephant sanctuary in Africa.
U.S. Officials Condemn Reuters Journalists’ Convictions In Myanmar
Vice President Pence said the two journalists should be “commended — not imprisoned” for exposing human rights abuses in Myanmar. They were handed a seven-year prison sentence, inciting global outcry.
A year later, Puerto Rico says ‘Come on down’
A year ago a group of neighbors in the small Puerto Rican city of Humacao desperately signaled for help.
Who Caused The Mysterious Leak At The International Space Station?
“We don’t reject any theories,” said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space agency. That includes sabotage, though he suspects it was more likely a “technological error.”
Russia’s Multinational Military Exercise Last Week Was A Dry Run For Bigger War Games
The exercise, called “Peace Mission 2018,” included 3,000 troops from China, India, Pakistan and other countries. Next week’s war games are billed as the biggest Russian exercises since the Cold War.
Boruboru: South Sudan’s newest spectator sport is one for the girls
Replace them with three barefoot girls on a sandy pitch on the outskirts of South Sudan’s jumbled capital city. This is more like if dodgeball met gymnastics on the clay courts of the French Open, and then a couple of Major League Baseball pitchers sh…
U.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy
Scotland Yard says it has sufficient evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia with attempted murder over the poisonings in the city of Salisbury in March.
U.N. Diplomats Warn Fight For Syria’s Idlib Province Could Worsen
The U.N.’s senior envoys for Syria offer updates on their efforts to slow regime and Russian attacks on Idlib province before it becomes a disaster for the three million civilians there.
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