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AFP/APP Japan: Japan is moving towards a nuclear revival as it seeks to reduce emissions and modernize its energy infrastructure, partly to support artificial intelligence (AI). At the world's largest nuclear power plant,…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 shook southern Japan on Thursday, but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami waves lashed the coast. The quake hit at 4:42 pm (0742 GMT) off the…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook central Japan on Monday but there was no tsunami warning, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The shallow jolt, which hit at 6:31 am (2131 GMT), was centred in the Noto…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 09:29:03 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…

AFP/APP Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage. The USGS put the epicenter of…

AFP/APP   Taipei: A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east on Wednesday morning, prompting tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island as well as parts of southern Japan and the Philippines.  The quake hit just before 8:00…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit near Taiwan shortly before 9:00 am Japanese local time (0000 GMT) Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings for southern Japanese islands, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami…

AFP/APP Pule Alam: Khurma had to borrow her neighbor's shoes to walk to Pul-e Alam city to collect a cash handout being given to the growing number of vulnerable Afghans who are struggling to survive the winter. The 45-year-old widow…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 26 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 126.7 km, was initially determined to be at 21.14 degrees south…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: A tsunami measuring about 3 metres high reached Japan's Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa prefecture following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on New Year's Day, according to the plant's operator.…