A man has been charged with the murder of a 64-year old British woman in Hong Kong. Janet Gilson’s body was found dead in a flat on Lamma Island on Saturday. She had been in Hong Kong since March 6th and was staying with her niece. It is believed the man who has been charged […]
It’s not that nuclear power is so great, but that the alternatives are worse, writes Philip Bowring China’s response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster should be to have more nuclear power, not less. If that sounds a paradox, think not of the risks involved in nuclear power but of the risks involved in other forms […]
Dharamsala/Shimla: Thousands of Tibetans across the world today voted to elect the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, an exercise that may usher in a transition in the community’s leadership following the Dalai Lama’s “flat refusal” to reconsider his decision to retire as its political head. “As many as 83,399 exiled Tibetan settled in India, […]
MOSCOW, March 19 – A fresh tremor measuring 6.1 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday, but no major damage was reported, Kyodo news said. Officials say that the tremor, one of the strongest so far in a series of aftershocks from last Friday’s massive 9.0-magitude earthquake, has not affected nuclear facilities in Ibaraki prefecture, which borders […]
New Zealanders travelling to Chiang Mai in Thailand should take preventive health measures following six mystery deaths in the city, including New Zealander Sarah Carter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) says. Ms Carter, 23, became ill last month while staying at the Downtown Inn in Chiang Mai, and died a day later. […]
Jakarta – A small bomb went off Friday while being disposed of by police near the Indonesian capital, but no one was injured, police said. The blast came two days after a book bomb posted to liberal Muslim activist Ulil Abshar Abdalla, exploded in Jakarta as officers were trying to defuse it, injuring four people. […]
Vienna – Japan upgraded the rating of events at its Fukushima 1 nuclear plant to an ‘accident with wider consequences’ on Friday, according to official messages sent to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Rating the accident at level 5 of the 7-step INES scale puts it on the same level as the […]
MANILA, Philippines – China will proceed with the execution of three Filipino drug convicts after almost a month of delay. Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said in a news conference that a commutation of the death sentences “has been ruled out,” adding that the verdict of China’s Supreme People’s Court was final and would be enforced […]
