In a power play ahead of general elections, Myanmar's military-backed ruling party announced the ouster Thursday of its politically popular chairman hours after security forces seized the party headquarters, preventing some members from leaving. … [Read more...]
Japan Restarts a Nuclear Plant in Step Toward Reviving Industry
For more than four years since the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima in 2011, Japan has been debating whether it should permanently abandon a technology that went so disastrously wrong but that for years was seen as essential to its economy. … [Read more...]
Giant Coal Company Plays the System to Undercut Its Competitors and Shortchange Taxpayers
The Obama Administration and a group of lawmakers recently took the first steps in more than thirty years toward reforming the federal government’s coal program. Standing in their way, however, is a giant new coal company with a business model that depends on bending the rules, dodging royalty payments, and spending big to win powerful political allies. … [Read more...]
Moviegoers Fearing Chainsaw Attack Escape Newport Beach Theater
Moviegoers in Newport Beach ran from what they thought was a chainsaw-wielding attacker after a small group burst into a crowded theater and revved the motor of a leaf blower, police said Monday. … [Read more...]
Man Dies, Gored While Recording Bull Run on Phone in Spain
A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being gored while videoing a bull-run with his cell phone. Jesus Hijosa, mayor for the central town of Villaseca de la Sagra, said Monday the man was filming the run at the town festival around 1.30 a.m. … [Read more...]
63 Year-Old Montana Man ID’d as Hiker Mauled by Grizzly Bear
Officials today identified a 63-year-old man from Billings, Montana, as the experienced hiker killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, officials said. The victim, Lance Crosby, worked for a company that runs urgent care clinics in the park, Yellowstone said in a statement today. … [Read more...]
Couple Died in New Mexico Desert, Used Water to Save Son
Tragedy strikes at White Sands. A French couple who disastrously underestimated the power of the New Mexico desert died in the heat but used what little water they had to keep their son alive, the Guardian reports. … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe Lifts Nationwide Trophy Hunting Ban 10 Days After Cecil Is Killed
Zimbabwe lifted its ban on hunting lions, leopards and elephants less than 10 days after news of the killing of Cecil the lion caused an international outcry, media reports said. Zimbabwe officials announced the ban in areas outside of Hwange at the beginning of August after the big cat was killed by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer in the Hwange National Park a month before. … [Read more...]