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North Korea's Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if provoked
North Korea's Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if provoked
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down again Monday due to an equipment problem, its operator said. The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s northern coast was put back online on Oct. 29 and had been expected to start generating power in early November. The reactor was operating normally and there was no release of radiation into the environment, Tohoku Electric said.
The United States on Monday called out Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council for "shamelessly protecting" and emboldening North Korea to further violate U.N. sanctions as Pyongyang pledged to accelerate building up its "nuclear force." "Russia and China have shamelessly protected Pyongyang from any reprisal, or even condemnation of its actions," said deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood.
Big tech companies need lots of electricity for their data centers, which are processing increasingly complex artificial intelligence applications.
North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven North Korean missiles flew as far as 400 kilometers (250 miles) with a maximum altitude of 100 kilometers (60 miles). “North Korea’s actions, including a series of repeated missile launches, threaten the peace and safety of Japan, the region and the international community,” Nakatani said.
Microsoft's nuclear power partner Constellation Energy saw its stock drop on Monday as strong earnings couldn't overcome a ruling from the FERC late Friday that was pressuring nuclear stocks across the board.
Foreign Office argues scientific study into modern effects of nuclear war not needed
Eric Garcia reports from a state Trump won twice — but is now panicking about
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Kim Jong-un has called his army the ‘strongest in the world’ but they are vulnerable to malnutrition, and none have seen combat or know the terrain in Russia’s war
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“At the end of the day, Trump is crazy but he’s not mad,” Kishore Mahbubani said Monday in a conversation with Clay Chandler, Fortune executive editor for Asia.
Last minute polling out of Iowa appears to have rattled Donald Trump, who was initially projected to win the deep-red Hawkeye State. The GOP presidential nominee slammed unfavorable numbers for his campaign released Saturday and accused the pollster Ann Selzer, who is regarded as being highly accurate with last-minute polling in Iowa, of being a “Trump hater.” “No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump. In fact, it’s not even close! All polls, exce
The former White House intern urged her followers to get out and vote as America goes to the polls
Election prediction markets tilted heavily towards Vice President Kamala Harris overnight after a bombshell poll released Saturday showed her ahead of former President Donald Trump in Iowa. A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll found the Democratic nominee three points up on her GOP opponent, 47% to 44%, among likely voters. The survey was conducted by the highly regarded pollster Ann Selzer, who has a long track record of producing results that uncannily mirror final election tallies.
Donald Trump was warned by his aides not to attack Michelle Obama on the campaign trail after the former first lady harshly criticised him.
The newspaper condensed its case against the former president into 110 withering words.
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So much has been made of Manchester United’s poor recruitment over the past decade and, inevitably, it was another one that got away who came back to haunt them and compound the sense that this remains a club for whom it is a long, long way back to the top.