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Too little is known about melted fuel inside damaged reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, even a decade after the disaster, to be able to tell if its decommissioning can be finished by 2051 as planned, a U.N. nuclear agency official said https://ift.tt/3BiKbdN https://ift.tt/3jmeIkH https://ift.tt/3jmeIkH https://ift.tt/2WxVCiX

https://ift.tt/3jmeIkH Submitted August 27, 2021 at 11:38PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2WxVCiX DoremusJessup

Malaria trial shows ‘striking’ 70% reduction in severe illness in children - A study in Burkina Faso and Mali suggests combining anti-malarial drugs and vaccination could reduce deaths and hospitalisations https://ift.tt/2UV4uP4 https://ift.tt/3kp4fEI https://ift.tt/3kp4fEI https://ift.tt/2WuLgjK

https://ift.tt/3kp4fEI Submitted August 27, 2021 at 12:29AM by I_Frunksteen-Blucher https://ift.tt/2WuLgjK I_Frunksteen-Blucher

Austria's Kurz says he opposes taking in any more Afghan refugees. Austria took in more than 1% of its population in asylum seekers during Europe's migration crisis in 2015 and 2016, and Kurz has built his career on taking a hard line on immigration, winning every parliamentary election since 2017. https://ift.tt/3gilB4P https://ift.tt/3kdxlXx https://ift.tt/3kdxlXx https://ift.tt/3kiu21d

https://ift.tt/3kdxlXx Submitted August 22, 2021 at 01:19AM by GuiltySigurdsson https://ift.tt/3kiu21d GuiltySigurdsson

Tencent Doubles Social Aid to $15 Billion as Scrutiny Grows - The new funds will be focused areas like increasing incomes for the poor, improving medical assistance, promoting rural economic efficiency and subsidizing education programs. https://ift.tt/3D3xyF1 https://ift.tt/3svvlO1 https://ift.tt/3svvlO1 https://ift.tt/3D1i0li

https://ift.tt/3svvlO1 Submitted August 19, 2021 at 11:39PM by mod_89 https://ift.tt/3D1i0li mod_89

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations is campaigning to end the degrading practice of criminal defendants being hauled into courtrooms placed in handcuffs and with ropes around their waists to stop them from fleeing. https://ift.tt/3m53CCE https://ift.tt/2XtmQYl https://ift.tt/2XtmQYl https://ift.tt/3skNkX7

https://ift.tt/2XtmQYl Submitted August 14, 2021 at 11:48PM by 808gecko808 https://ift.tt/3skNkX7 808gecko808

The United States has started evacuating diplomats from its embassy in Kabul, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. "We have a small batch of people leaving now as we speak, a majority of the staff are ready to leave...the embassy continues to function," https://ift.tt/2lbwUm9 https://ift.tt/37JLlCA https://ift.tt/37JLlCA https://ift.tt/3CSzvo2

https://ift.tt/37JLlCA Submitted August 15, 2021 at 12:20AM by 3rdOrderEffects https://ift.tt/3CSzvo2 3rdOrderEffects

The main workers' union at the world's biggest copper mine, Chile's Escondida, announced it had reached an agreement with Anglo-Australian giant BHP to avoid a strike. The union said it had obtained "almost unanimous" approval for a new collective agreement https://ift.tt/2VQRIkP https://ift.tt/2VMhBCH https://ift.tt/2VMhBCH https://ift.tt/37EkO9y

https://ift.tt/2VMhBCH Submitted August 13, 2021 at 11:21PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/37EkO9y DoremusJessup