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This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and was supported by funding from the Pulitzer Center. The word of the year last year in Japan was bear. Black bear sightings doubled from the previous year. There were 200 injuries and 13 deaths. Okuma, meaning “big bear,”
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Japan on Wednesday marked 15 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the country’s northeastern areas, triggering the world’s worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl crisis.
The triple disasters of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake, resulting tsunami and meltdown of the Fukushima
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The YouTube revolution is finally catching up with right-of-centre mainstream British political broadcasters (the left have been there for years). It’s not great news for incumbents with big wage bills… Former TalkTV presenter Mike Graham is doing good numbers after launching his own independent sho
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Aluminum edged higher as traders assessed how long the Iran war might continue to disrupt global flows of the industrial metal.
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China’s central bank is signaling an increased tolerance for yuan flexibility, a sign of confidence it can insulate the currency from market turmoil triggered by the Iran war.
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Wall Street traders are poring over charts to determine how much further the S&P 500 Index might fall as war in the Middle East rages on, with technical analysts noting early signs of bearish momentum.
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