Fukushima costs to double to nearly $190 bn: government
TOKYO: The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to nearly $190 billion, the government…
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S. Korea parliament impeaches scandal hit president
SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers on Friday passed an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-Hye, stripping away her sweeping executive powers…
Undertaker misery on frontlines of Philippine drug war
MANILA: Business has never been busier for undertaker Alejandro Ormeneta but, after five months on the frontlines of the Philippines’…
N.Korea capable of launching nuke, does not master targeting: US official
WASHINGTON: North Korea has developed the capability to pair a nuclear warhead with a missile and launch it, but has…
E-cigarettes a ‘major public health concern’: US surgeon general
MIAMI: E-cigarette use is exploding among young people and is now “a major public health concern,” the US Surgeon General…
Impeachment day for S. Korea’s president
SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, once known as the “Queen of Elections”, faced an act of attempted political regicide…
Clinton warns of danger of fake news ‘epidemic’
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton issued a stern warning Thursday against the proliferation of fake news, branding it an epidemic with “real…
Italian tourist shot dead by drug traffickers in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO: Drug traffickers shot an Italian tourist in the head and killed him Thursday, after he and his…