CONTAMINATED FUKUSHIMA FISH RECYCLED AS FOOD AID

CONTAMINATED FUKUSHIMA FISH RECYCLED AS FOOD AID: Canned Fish from Tohoku sent to Developing Countries, With Help of WFP   Another “win” for Japan’s Foreign Ministry who operates the ODA (Official Development Assistance). They have…

THE BRICS Challenges The Old World Order

The sight of the BRICS has been an eyesore for the developed countries ever since its inception. The sense of irritability has now given way to disquiet bordering on hostility. There is a compelling urgency…

Typhoon-like storm causes havoc in Japan

  People brave strong winds and rain in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters     A typhoon-strength storm has caused travel chaos in Japan. Gusts of up to 150 kilometres an hour have been recorded in western…

Fleshing out the animal world

A new exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum features more than 100 ‘skinned’ animals – from a balancing giraffe to a blood-red shark.   “Ouah! Qu-est-ce que c’est que ca?!” A group of French high…

JAPANESE FISH CONTAMINATED

JAPANESE FISH CONTAMINATED: Highest level of radioactive cesium to date found in freshwater fish in Fukushima village IITATE, Fukushima — Radioactive cesium far exceeding the allowable limit and way higher than previously detected contamination levels…

Child Labour returns to Europe

The latest figures released by the official European Union statistics agency Eurostat reveal that unemployment across the euro zone rose for the 10th consecutive month and topped 17 million, or 10.8 per cent of the…