The protests against energy price hikes in Kazakhstan are escalating, with an angry crowd storming the mayor’s office in Almaty. In another major city, Aktobe, demonstrators have taken over the administration building. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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Two Japanese industrial majors are reportedly planning to team up with Bill Gates’ venture company to provide technical support for a high-tech nuclear reactor that will be built in the US state of Wyoming. The parties are expected to sign an agreement in January for the Japan Atomic Energy Agency …
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A fire consumed the commercial building – which houses a mental health clinic, among other businesses – near the busy Kitashinchi train station on Friday, and photos show the windows of the fourth floor broken and burned. A spokesperson for Osaka Police told AFP that the tragedy was possibly the …
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Writing on Twitter, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin explained that the shooter had been detained. “I offer my condolences to the victims and the families of the victims,” he wrote. “Doctors are doing their best to help the wounded.” The incident took place at a multi-functional public service center in …
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The project, estimated to cost $170 million, will be partly funded by Gates’ nuclear power firm TerraPower, while most of the money will come from the US Department of Energy (DoE). Led by one of US’ largest gas and electric utility companies, Southern Company, it will also use technology from …
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Two years ago, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to demand an end to corruption, misgovernance and a sectarian political system, imposed by the United States after the fall of Saddam Hussein, that allows for the systematic plundering of the state and its national resources. The system, known as …
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The accident occurred on the southwestern outskirts of Milan on Sunday. The light aircraft, believed to be a Swiss-made Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane, crashed into an empty building near the San Donato metro station. Footage from the scene captured shortly after the crash shows how the plane was obliterated on …
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The blast went off just before 5am local time in the Annadel district in central Gothenburg, local media reported. A major evacuation was ordered from the building affected, with over a hundred residents reportedly taken to safety. At least 23 people were injured and taken to the hospital.At least three …
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Farmington Police Department confirmed that a plane had crashed into a building on Hyde Road shortly after taking off from a nearby air field, and said in a tweet that emergency services were on the ground working to “evacuate the immediate area.” Four people were onboard the plane, reportedly a …
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The blaze broke out at the 20-story Torre dei Moro high-rise located in the south of the city on Sunday. The fire started on the top floors of the building, which has 16 stories of furnished apartments with lower floors reserved for business. It’s unclear what caused the fire. The …
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