Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea on Thursday after the first round of discharges ended smoothly. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said workers activated a pump to dilute the treated water…
Read MoreA 19-year-old female soldier of the British Army killed herself after facing relentless sexual harassment from one of her bosses. Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was found dead at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire in December 2021, a BBC report reads. An Army investigation report, which came to…
Read More55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after their nuclear submarine got entangled n a trap designed for foreign vessels in the Yellow Sea. The submarine encountered a “chain and anchor” trap, as per a confidential UK intelligence report. This caused a malfunction in the submarine’s oxygen systems, which led to…
Read MoreA 16-year-old Iranian girl is in a coma after she was assaulted on a Tehran subway, reportedly by the morality police for not complying with national rules on the hijab. According to rights groups and activists, the girl was severely assaulted. The incident puts the country on edge as it…
Read MoreTwo days after a Taliban-appointed Afghanistan minister reiterated that ‘men and women are not equal’ based on Sharia, the White House has said, the Taliban needs to meet its commitments to get legitimacy from the international community. We’ve not recognised them as a governing power in Afghanistan. They…
Read MoreIn a radical move, Pope Francis has said that he was open to alternate blessings for same-sex couples. When other cardinals asked for clarity on the issue, he said, any request for a blessing should be treated with “pastoral charity”. “We cannot be judges who only deny, reject,…
Read MoreIndian-American presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has asked the Republican National Committee to allow only the top four candidates in national polling to the third Republican primary debate next month, saying another “unhelpful debate” is not an option. The second Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle, which…
Read MoreBangladesh is facing the worst dengue outbreak yet, and more than 1,000 people have been killed due to the disease this year, according to official data. Rising temperatures due to climate change are pushing the spread and more cases are being reported away from the densely populated urban…
Read MoreHunter Biden is due back in a Delaware courtroom Tuesday, where he’s expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal collapsed. The president’s son is facing charges that he lied about his drug use in October 2018 on a form…
Read MoreThe roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims. Approximately 30 parishioners were believed to have…
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