Wild boars offer challenge for returning residents in radiation-hit Fukushima
Beyond radiation risks, an unexpected nuisance looms for residents returning to Japan's towns vacated after the Fukushima nuclear crisis six years ago — wild boars.
View ArticleCold War-era kits on surviving nuclear fallout unearthed by historian
In the early 1960s, the threat of a nuclear attack was so real that boxes of medical supplies were distributed across America, intended to aid survivors of a blast.
View ArticleFormer TEPCO bosses to face trial over deadly Fukushima nuclear disaster
Three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO, will face trial today over their roles in the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011.
View ArticleYami Lester: More than 500 people travel to South Australia's far north for...
Aboriginal elder, activist and leader, Yami Lester, is laid to rest on the red soil of his homeland in front of hundreds of loved ones in South Australia's far north.
View ArticleDonald Trump: North Korea says attack on US inevitable after 'Mr Evil...
North Korea's Foreign Minister says a missile attack on the US mainland is inevitable after "Mr Evil President" Donald Trump called Kim Jong-un a "Rocket Man", before protesters attend a mass rally...
View ArticleA poison in our island
Thousands of cubic metres of radioactive waste lies buried under a concrete dome, the legacy of over a decade of US nuclear tests in the Pacific.
View ArticleUS soldiers are paying the ultimate price for cleaning up the Marshall...
These soldiers were ordered to clean up the toxic legacy of America's nuclear program, now they're dying, and their Government has abandoned them.
View ArticleFormer national servicemen involved in British nuclear test have gold card...
A former national serviceman involved in a 1950s nuclear test in Australia is pleading for his lifetime healthcare application to be reconsidered.
View ArticleHawaii missile threat: Locals lived out their 'worst nightmare' as they...
In the 38 minutes it took to correct an alert about a false ballistic missile threat to Hawaii, cars were reportedly abandoned on highways and panicked residents gathered family members and desperately...
View ArticleDoomsday Clock moved ahead 30 seconds, closest to midnight since Cold War
Scientists move the symbolic Doomsday Clock ahead by 30 seconds, saying the world is at its closest to annihilation since the height of the Cold War due to world leaders' poor response to threats of...
View ArticleHawaii employee mistook drill for real missile attack in false warning incident
The Hawaii employee who issued a false missile warning mistook a test drill for an actual attack, rather than pressing "the wrong button" as previously claimed.
View ArticleThreat of forced evacuation from Fukushima pushed 102yo to take his own life,...
Fumio Okubo told his family he had "lived a bit too long" and died after realising he would be forced out of his home.
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