Operators at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say almost 100 metric tons of radioactive water have leaked from holding tanks, CNN reported Feb. 20. CNN reports the water flowed over the tank’s barrier and is being […]
Libya will compensate women who were raped during the 2011 uprising that topped former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, according to the cabinet. Although an exact number was not announced, the International Criminal Court said that hundreds […]
Many environmentalists, scientists, writers and authors hope the Monarch butterfly will make its way on to the summit conference agenda in Mexico this week. Prime Minister Harper along with US President Barack Obama and Mexican […]
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New York Islanders fans are probably still swearing somewhere — the team’s star player, John Tavares, is now sidelined from this year’s NHL season after sustaining a knee injury in an Olympic hockey game against […]
Despite his absence at the awards show, David Bowie was named the British Music Awards male solo artist of the year. This is Bowies first BRIT in 18 years. Fashion model Kate Moss accepted the […]
An explosion rocked a Syrian border post Feb. 20 near a refugee camp where the Turkish and Syrian borders meet, killing at least five people and wounding scores more. The injured were transported to a […]
Eight journalists imprisoned in Egypt will be kept behind bars until at least March 5 when their trial is set to resume. The Egyptian court made the ruling Feb. 20 after the journalists — who […]
For the first time in 64 years, Lee Du-young will reunite with his long-lost brother Feb. 20, reports BBC News. Du-young is one of more than 100 South Koreans traveling to North Korea to embrace […]
Despite covering the holiday season, Wal-Mart’s fourth-quarter profits fell 21 per cent amidst fears that an economic slowdown is likely to take its toll on lower-income customers worldwide. The drop in profits announced by the […]
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