Reuters – Japan’s economy offered more signs of recovery from the deadly March earthquake on Tuesday, but Moody’s ratings agency warned both growth and government action may fall short of what is necessary to bring Tokyo’s ballooning debt back under co…
AP – Some South Dakota residents are being told to be ready to leave their homes by Thursday as the Missouri River rises downstream of communities that are already flooded by record-breaking rain and bracing for unusually heavy snowmelt.
Reuters – Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament this week, saying he wanted first to resolve the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.
AP – A low pressure system that brought late season snowfall to the Northern and Central Rockies will take a more northeastward turn Tuesday, moving into central Canada.
AFP – An explosion was heard Tuesday at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, but no rise in radiation levels nor any injuries were reported, the plant operator said.
AFP – Japan’s economy showed signs of recovery Tuesday from its quake-tsunami disaster, but a failure to contain the industrialised world’s biggest debt raised the prospect of a credit rating cut.
AP – As they dig out, tornado victims in the South and Midwest might find it hard to see past the wreckage of their communities to a future in which homes and businesses are rebuilt, trees are once again standing tall and proud, and life is back to nor…
Reuters – Missouri officials continued on Monday the process of identifying the remains of bodies recovered from the devastating Joplin tornado and reduced the number of missing people to 29.
AFP – Japan’s factory output rose in April, data showed Tuesday, in the first sign of a tentative recovery for the world’s number three economy, hobbled by a huge quake-tsunami and nuclear crisis.
AFP – Hollywood star Cate Blanchett Tuesday defended her decision to front a campaign promoting the Australian government’s carbon tax, saying she backed action on climate change for her children’s sake.
