The closing of Hamaoka nuclear plant in Japan, because of the danger of a massive earthquake, is having direct affect on a British nuclear plant.
Sellafield MOX plant, in north west England, supplies Hamaoka with the nuclear fuel it needs to make electricity. Hamaoka uses MOX (mixed oxide) nuclear fuel, and Chubu Electric Power Company […] Continue Reading…
Russian officials are meeting with Iraqi officials, to discuss deals that include oil and military.
Russian oil companies are already involved with oil production in Iraq. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, says Iraq is now interested in military help from Russia.
Lavrov is meeting with various Iraqi leaders this week.
The U.S. Department of Energy, and the Japanese Science Ministry, have put together a map of the fallout pattern of cesium. The damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been spewing cesium.
The map shows the cesium fallout extends north west of the plant, in a large area. It is depicted with the colors yellow and […] Continue Reading…
Standard & Poor’s cut Greece’s credit rating, downward 2 points, after Greek officials announced they needed more bailout money.
The S & P’s rating now puts Greece below investment grade. S & P’s also says that Greece will need a waiver on repaying most of its current loans (that means they don’t think Greece can […] Continue Reading…
Sony says it got hit again. Sony officials admitted on May 9, that their Sony Online Entertainment was also hacked, resulting in 24 million accounts being compromised. The total number of compromised accounts are now at 100 million. Sony officials say the hacks took place from April 16 to 19.
Argentina is demanding help from the United Nations, in helping to fight slave trades, run mainly by organizations from the United States.
Argentina claims that U.S. organized crime is using Argentina as a recruiting grounds, and transit point, for human trafficking. Poor people are promised well paying jobs in the U.S., but end up working […] Continue Reading…
The Bosnian Serb government is refusing to recognize the Bosnian national government. This over the country’s national court, which has been hearing cases of war crimes.
Austrian Valentin Inzko, is the supreme decision maker in Bosnia, and has ordered the Serbs to back off their plans to officially refuse to recognize the Bosnian national government. […] Continue Reading…
Greek officials announced that the 110 billion Euro (U.S. $160 billion) bailout money they got from the European Union is not enough.
Officials say they need another two to four years of bailout funding. They are willing to cut even more from social programs to satisfy lenders.
China is the number one exporter, which country is number two? Germany.
Germany continues to do well when it comes to exporting its products to other countries. So well, that it’s hit a record of 98.3 billion Euros (U.S. $140.9 billion) in exports for the month of March: “That was the highest monthly figure recorded […] Continue Reading…
In another sign of who’s got the money, for the second year Chinese tourists have topped the list of biggest spenders in France.
The study was done by the UN World Tourism Organization. Recently the Japanese, in their own study, found that Chinese tourist were the biggest spenders there.
The study showed a 60% increase in […] Continue Reading…