Japan to be nuclear-free as last reactor switched off
Tokyo: Japan on Sunday began switching off its last operating nuclear reactor for an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid strong public hostility towards atomic power. The move will leave the world's third largest economy without atomic energy for the second time since the Fukushima nuclear crisis erupted in March 2011.
Nuclear power supplied about one-third of the resource-poor nation's electricity before a tsunami knocked out
37 dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire
Luka: A pre-dawn fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital Friday, killing 37 people, Russia's top investigative agency said. Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building dating to the 19th century was unsafe. It was the second
Al-Qaida chief calls for US attacks
Washington: Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a speech marking the 12th anniversary of 9/11, called for attacks on the United States and a boycott of the world's largest economy. A summary and translated English excerpts of the roughly 72-minute a
Putin warns US against unilateral military strike on Syria
Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the US against any unilateral military stike on Syria, saying it would trigger a new wave of terrorism, result in the collapse of the UN and claim more innocent victims as the conflict coul
Now, alarm app to 'shake' you out of bed
Washington: A new 'merciless' alarm clock app that has no snooze button and only turns off when you vigorously shake your cell phone has been developed. Once the alarm goes off, the user has to rattle his cell phone until the "shake meter"
Woman arrested with 'cocaine bump'
Bogota: Colombian police say they have arrested a Toronto woman who simulated pregnancy to try to smuggle cocaine. Col. Esteban Arias says 28-year-old Tabitha Leah Ritchie was stopped while trying to board an Air Canada flight in Bogota after an insp
Syria accepts Russia's proposal to surrender chemical weapons
Paris: Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling, the Syrian foreign minister said on Tuesday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at averting Western military action. Speak
Now, 20,000 Indians want one-way ticket to Mars
Washington: More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to be the first human settlers on Mars, the group behind the project to colonize the red planet, said on Monday. Bas Lansdorp, a Dutch entrepreneur, plans to establish a permanent b
US wants limited action, Syria threatens retaliation
Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said the US backed an "unbelievably small, limited kind" of attack to desist Syria from using chemical weapons even as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned of retaliation if his coun
