The utility aims to bring the reactor back online on Jan. 26 next year after making the required changes,

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of "green snow" and it is becoming so prolific in ...

Chinese doctors are seeing the coronavirus manifest differently among patients in its new cluster of cases in the northeast region compared to the original outbreak in Wuhan, suggesting that the pathogen may be changing in unknown ways and complicating efforts to stamp it out. Patients ...

The step has been introduced on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu shinkansen lines and came in anticipation of the Tokyo Games.

The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found. But with life and heat-trapping gas levels inching back toward normal, the brief pollution break will likely be "a drop in ...

June traditionally marks the start of the rainy season in most of Japan, while typhoons normally start to arrive in August.

Leading British supermarket chains have warned Brazil they may be forced to boycott its goods if lawmakers in the South American country pass a bill that would "encourage further land grabbing" in the Amazon. In an open letter to Brazilian senators and deputies, the companies ...

U.S. births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years. The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged national "baby bust” that's been going on for more than a decade. And some experts believe the coronavirus pandemic ...

The U.S. military has battled to maintain its formidable presence in the western Pacific while reassuring allies about its readiness.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority will no longer be committed to any signed agreements with Israel or the United States, following Israel's pledge to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank. It was not immediately clear how the announcement, which was ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Antonio Gozikowski was planning to leave the military next month and head to college. After serving for six years, the dental assistant's goal was to become a dentist, and then return to the army in a few years with his expanded medical ...

China said Tuesday that a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure is now a college graduate with a stable job. Very little information has been given about Gedhun Choekyi Nyima or his family ...

In the most extreme case, a 38-year-old construction worker was stabbed to death over a noise complaint on May 4 while visiting his parents' home.

Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their husbands and people are spurned just on suspicion of coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the stigma attached to the coronavirus is so strong that some choose not to seek ...

The stakes for Tsai could rise in her second term, as disputes between Washington and Beijing heat up.

Annual assembly marked the latest showdown between the world's last superpower and the rising Asian giant vying to supplant it on the global stage.

Taiwan is an "important partner and precious friend" who shares basic values with Japan, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

The Diet enacted on Wednesday a bill to promote construction of large-scale bus and taxi terminals directly connected to train stations. The bill to revise the Road Traffic Law got through the Upper House by a majority vote with support mainly from the ruling coalition ...

Demand from automakers and manufacturers of electric machinery logged declines of 28.4 percent and 24.4 percent respectively.

The LDP will call on the government to introduce related bills to an ordinary session of the Diet next year, party officials said.

The three announced Tuesday they would hold "a joint press conference regarding the progress in Alliance activities" on May 27.

Police have seen increasing numbers of violations of the animal law, such as animal abuse, which hit a record high last year.

Online marketplaces are offering farmers and fishers a lifeline as sales to restaurants plummet amid the pandemic.

The social media company outlined to staff globally how it plans to handle a return to major job sites starting July 6.

Tao Xiaorong spent a month’s rent to buy her 12-year-old son a used laptop in February, a few weeks after schools in Hong Kong closed and classes went virtual. But their internet service is so spotty that he’s had trouble participating in online classes. "He ...

Among the leaked details may have been range, propulsion and heat resistance, the report said.

The lack of results have raised doubts about its approval by the end of this month, as sought by the government.

The nation has been able to sharply slow coronavirus infections by launching a massive testing and contact tracing campaign.

A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug ...

The Pearl River Delta industrial belt has served as one of China’s most important growth engines since the Communist Party opened the economy four decades ago, propelling its rise to become one of the world’s leading powers. But now in Guangdong, a southern coastal province ...

Harnessing today's technology to fight the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared. The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19 patients are dealing with technical glitches and a general lack of ...

GOP operatives recruiting "pro-Trump” doctors to go on TV to prescribe return — without waiting to meet key safety benchmarks.

A thoughtful discussion about the risks and the opportunities created by the 5G world should be the cornerstone of the Japan-U.S. alliance.

We can no longer wait for the right moment to time such reforms, but we can still make sure they are the right ones.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has strained a health system that's suffering from poor funding and incomplete post-Soviet reforms.

Club expresses "sincere remorse" after insisting it thought it was using regular mannequins

If Hakuho and Futabayama are locks, then who should occupy the remaining two slots is far less clear.

Disinfecting the ball during practice and matches is being considered as elite cricket players in Australia prepare to return to training during the coronavirus pandemic. The International Cricket Council has already indicated the use of saliva to shine the ball, which helps bowlers swing it ...

The U.S. Open lost a big part of its identity. And it has nothing to do with par. For years, the USGA has boasted — and rightly so — that it was the most democratic of all majors. Half of the 156-man field had to go ...

The NHL is still more than a week away from determining a return-to-play format, a person familiar with discussions told AP on Tuesday. And what that plan resembles could be complicated further should the U.S. and Canada extend border restrictions to non-essential travel into July, ...

The timing of professional tennis' return will reveal whether the tours and federations are more interested in making money or looking after the health of players, Australia's John Millman said. The professional game has been suspended since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...

Japan's famed high school baseball tournament was called off for the first time since World War II

There is no universal playbook for coronavirus testing in professional sports. Protocols and procedures, guidelines and handbooks — they could be as different as rulebooks. There’s plenty of common ground, though, which explains why executives and doctors from various leagues have consulted with each other ...

The Texas Rangers would prefer to stay home in their new ballpark instead of returning to Arizona whenever it is time to get back to spring training. They still haven't played a game, or even had an organized workout, in their $1.2 billion stadium with ...

It's not unusual for quarterbacks to organize passing drills before training camp, but the pandemic has changed normal routines.

The former wrestling star was last seen 46 meters from shore

The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York without fans and serve as the opening leg of horse racing's Triple Crown for the first time in the sport's history. The New York Racing Association on Tuesday unveiled the rescheduled date for the ...

The Washington Nationals will unveil their World Series championship rings during a "virtual” ceremony shown on television and online Sunday — an unprecedented approach brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. With the start of the Major League Baseball season on hold because of the coronavirus ...

A player and two staff members from Watford were among six people who tested positive for the coronavirus in the Premier League’s first wave of mass testing ahead of a planned return to partial training during the pandemic. Burnley said assistant manager Ian Woan was ...