Soprano Hayley Westenra is planning to stage a star-studded concert, dubbed Quake Aid, to raise funds for her home town of Christchurch in New Zealand. More than 160 people died when an earthquake struck last…
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Tickets for the London 2012 Olympics have gone on sale, 500 days ahead of the event. Some 6.6 million tickets are available from the London 2012 website over a six-week period and organisers say all…
With Japan warning of more possible leaks from its damaged nuclear reactors, Thailand says it will randomly test imported food for possible contamination. That’s the view of the country’s Food and Drug Administration and authorities…
Russian, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said the threat of a global nuclear disaster is minimal as Japan scrambles to avert a meltdown at its fukushima facilities. Putin said experts believed the chances of the stricken…
Global stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday as the panic gripping Japan in the wake of its catastrophic earthquake and tsunami spread around the world. The FTSE 100 fell almost 200 points, reaching 5592 at…
European energy ministers, and nuclear experts, are meeting to coordinate EU’s policy, in the light, of Japan’s nuclear crisis. The EU Energy commissioner, questioned, what future role nuclear power should have. Shocked into action by…
The nuclear radiation from Japan is not expected to affect China in the immediate future, according to weather experts. Meteorological authorities say the radioactive substances won’t pose a threat in the next three days after…
* Incomplete and inconsistent information will not help Japan There is panic and bewilderment in Japan’s neighbors – including South Korea, North Korea and China following the threat posed by rising levels of radiation caused…
The global financial crisis marked the end of the dominance of free-market capitalism, and even the IMF is now questioning the ideology behind it. With money comes great influence: political, ideological, even sartorial. The doublet…