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Israel expected to open key aid crossing into Gaza
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel was expected to allow Gaza’s sole border crossing to the outside world to reopen on Wednesday to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated territory as part of a US-backed ceasefire deal.
Hamas forces back on Gaza streets as truce holds
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» GAZA CITY - Hamas security forces were tightening their grip on Gaza’s ruined cities Tuesday even as global support mounted for a US-backed deal that would see them disarmed.
Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 29/04/2025
» MADRID — Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early Tuesday, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe’s worst blackouts in years across the Iberian peninsula the previous day.
Fukushima operator ex-bosses ordered to pay $97 billion
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» TOKYO - A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 13.32 trillion yen ($97 billion) for failing to prevent the disaster, plaintiffs said.
India, Indonesia and Philippines join coal transition programme
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» GLASGOW: India, Indonesia and the Philippines will join South Africa as the first recipients of a multibillion dollar pilot programme aimed at accelerating their transition from coal power to clean energy, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) said on Thursday.
Not forever: world's biggest pink diamond mine closes
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» SYDNEY: The world's largest pink diamond mine has shut its doors after exhausting its reserves of the expensive gems, global mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday.
Extreme makeover: Fukushima nuclear plant tries image overhaul
AFP, Published on 03/08/2018
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Call it an extreme makeover: In Japan's Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul at the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades.