Iraq Wars
Iraq court sentences man to death for killing parliamentary candidate
Safaa al-Mashhadani's death in October near the capital Baghdad came just weeks ahead of Iraq's parliamentary election.
Civil Nuclear
Japan restarts world’s biggest nuclear plant
The plant was "started at 19:02" (1002 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture.
Trade Wars
EU wants to keep Chinese suppliers out of critical infrastructure
Relations between Brussels and Beijing are strained as the European Union has taken an increasingly tough line on trade issues with China.
Disaster Management
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don’t add up
Annual climate reports released last week show the last three years have been the hottest since the pre-industrial era, with no let-up in sight as the world continues to burn fossil fuels.
Civil Nuclear
Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke ban
A framework for investigating the "potentials and risks" of new nuclear technologies and the lifting of the moratorium was now in place, the ministry said in a statement.
Civil Nuclear
Coal plant conversion seen boosting China nuclear share to 22 percent by 2060
The research team upgraded a national power system capacity expansion and operation model with provincial level detail to test how coal to nuclear conversion might work across China.
Froth And Bubble
UK court denies BHP bid to appeal Brazil mine disaster ruling
A dam collapse in 2015 at an iron-ore mine run by a firm co-owned by BHP killed 19 people and unleashed a deluge of toxic mud into villages, fields, rainforest, rivers and the ocean.
White Out
Freeze, please! China’s winter swimmers take the plunge
Yang, a retiree, told AFP that for him it was a way to "enjoy the great outdoors" in the heart of the Chinese capital.
Water World
Scientists plan deep-sea expedition to probe ‘dark oxygen’
If a previously unknown source of oxygen has always been lurking in Earth's depths, it would represent a remarkable revelation that would call into question long-held assumptions about the origins of life on our planet.
Rocket Science
Starfighters completes key wind tunnel campaign for STARLAUNCH 1 air launch vehicle
The test series examined STARLAUNCH 1 separation behavior at both subsonic and supersonic speeds, specifically at Mach 0.85 and Mach 1.3. Engineers combined…
Pillaging Pirates
French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in Pacific
The vessel, coming from Central America, was intercepted on January 16, France's High Commission in French Polynesia said in a statement Monday, adding their armed forces mobilised "significant human and material resources" for the operation.
Africa News
Sudan paramilitary forces say regret deadly Chad border clash
In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the RSF said the clashes "resulted from an unintentional mistake during field operations" targeting forces…
White Out
Spectacular ice blocks clog up Germany’s Elbe river
The ice formed upstream in recent weeks during a cold snap that saw temperatures plummet to minus 15 degrees Celsius.
Rocket Science
NASA and GE run hybrid jet engine test toward commercial flight
The engine, tested at GE Aerospace's Peebles Test Operation site in Ohio, is a modified version of the company's Passport engine configured with hybrid-electric capability.
Pillaging Pirates
Fraudsters flee Cambodia’s ‘scam city’ after accused boss taken down
Boarding tuk-tuks, Lexus SUVs and tourist coaches, an exodus departed Amber Casino in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, one of the illicit trade's most notorious hubs.
White Out
Heavy snow in US strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash
Michigan State Police said numerous injuries were reported in the crash, with none "believed to be fatal," after big rig trucks and vehicles collided on the I-196 corridor, causing many vehicles to run off the road in "multiple slide offs.