Fukushima leaks radioactive water after Typhoon Etau busts drainage system
Flooding from Typhoon Etau has caused new leaks of contaminated water to flow from the Fukushima nuclear power station into the ocean. The incident came after a rush of water overwhelmed the site’s drainage pumps. Typhoon Etau brought lashing rains, floods and storm winds to Japan. Tens of thousands of Japanese people...
Crimean Tatars to put embargo on goods flow to Crimea by late September
Chairman of the Mejlis (Assembly) of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov said that Crimean Tatars will embark on blocking Crimea from the mainland Ukraine in a bid to find tools to protect its citizens living on the peninsula. As reported by Censor.NET, the action's details were announced by Mejlis Deputy Chairman...
On The Outside It Looks Like Rusty Old Shipping Containers. Sounds Weird Until You See Inside….
Creativity does not rest with only to create things from all the new and best material, rather its real significance and beauty lies in creating things from something useless or trash. You may come up with a different view, to me it is simply to create fabulous from rotten, wretched, tossed away and pathetic looking material...
Fist-Bump Your Traffic Pole To Cross The Street Instead Of Pushing A Button
I called this project Walkbump, and turned the pedestrian act of crossing the street into fun. It took me four months or so, it was a long process but finally its done. Hope you like it!...
Lavrov: DPR and LPR ready to hold elections under Ukrainian law
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) militant organizations are ready to hold local elections on the basis of the Ukrainian legislation and with the participation of the OSCE monitors, but this requires direct consultation between Kyiv, Donetsk and Luhansk, Russian...
Ukraine closes airspace to Russian aircraft heading to Syria
Ukraine closed its airspace preventing overflight of Russian aircraft to Syria, as well as tightened control over the movement of all Russian planes flying to Syria over neutral waters outside Ukrainian border, according to Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. "This morning, I ordered UkSATSE to strengthen control together...
Japan floods send raging rivers through homes as thousands flee
Tropical Storm Etau may have been a weak storm in terms of its winds, but it swamped some of the most populated areas of Japan with nearly two-feet of rain, yielding catastrophic flooding that has washed away houses and forced dramatic rescues. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but rescue officials said they...
‘Frankenvirus’: Scientists set to revive giant 30,000yo virus discovered in Siberian permafrost
French scientists have announced they found a new prehistoric virus in the frozen Siberian wastelands, and are planning to bring it back to life. They promise to make sure that the giant virus won’t harm anyone. The virus is called Mollivirus sibericum, translated as ‘soft virus from Siberia’, and measures at...
‘Tiny brain, slender body’: New human-like species discovered in S. African cave
Scientists in South Africa have unearthed a new species of human relative in a burial chamber deep down in a remote cave system, naming it Homo naledi. It’s the single largest fossil hominin find yet made on the continent. It's believed the discovery, consisting of over 1,550 numbered fossil elements representing at...
Sarkozy: West should turn page of ‘Cold War’ with Russia
Europe is making a serious mistake, worsening relations with Russia, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview with French daily newspaper Le Figaro. "We need Russia to fight with the Islamic State. We must turn the page of "Cold War" with Moscow," he said. At the same time, Sarkozy has...
Germany: ‘Normandy Four’ leaders stand for elections in Donbas under Ukrainian law
The "Normandy Four" leaders expect to reach agreement on the terms and conditions of the local elections in the war-affected areas of Donbas based on the Ukrainian legislation, the press service of the Embassy of Germany to Ukraine. According to the Speaker of the Federal Government of Germany Steffen Seibert, a...
Europe’s refugee crisis: Where people are coming from
In recent weeks, the world has been moved by the plight of the Syrians, fleeing a years-long civil war and coming to Europe in search of a better life. But there are many others making similar journeys. Mashable analyzed data from Eurostat, the EU's data collection agency, to determine where most of the asylum-seekers...