Japan regulator approves release of treated Fukushima water

TOKYO: Japan’s nuclear regulator on Friday (Jul 22) formally approved a strategy to release more than a mil tonnes of handled water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear energy plant into the sea. The plan has already been adopted from the government and recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Continue Reading

Proud Sri Lanka athletes defy crisis to fulfil Games dreams

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne heads to Britain next week to cover his Commonwealth Games career exactly where it began : a swansong almost derailed by his bankrupt country’s bruising recession . Competition organisers and Sri Lanka’s cricket board are funding the island country’s largest Games contingent, withContinue Reading

Japan plans September 27 state funeral for Shinzo Abe

TOKYO: Japan will hold a situation funeral for assassinated former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Shinzo Abe on Sep twenty-seven, the government announced Friday (Jul 22), along with foreign leaders anticipated to attend. The ceremony is going to be held at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, a sizable venue that has managed concerts andContinue Reading

Security forces smash Sri Lanka’s main protest camp

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security factors demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday (Jul 22) plus evicted activists hrs before the new president was due to title a Cabinet. The raid came a day right after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the crisis-hit country’sContinue Reading