WHO says toxic syrup risk “ongoing”, more countries hit
London, UKReuters There is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization told Reuters, saying it was now working with six more countries than previously revealed to track the potentially deadly children’s medicines. The UN agency has already named nine countries where tainted syrups may have been on sale, after […]
At UN, Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific
United NationsReuters The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the United Nations on Thursday Japan’s decision to discharge what he called nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean. A worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water […]
Pacific island leaders bemoan weak Glasgow climate pact
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Leaders from Pacific islands threatened by rising sea levels said they were disappointed with the Glasgow climate pact, which called for a phase down rather than phasing out of coal use, the biggest source of global warming. Micronesia President David Panuelo said industrialised countries need to step up commitments to help other countries […]
Chuuk independence vote postponed as China-US Pacific contest builds
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A closely watched independence vote in the Pacific state of Chuuk, part of the US-aligned Federated States of Micronesia, scheduled for next month has been postponed until 2022, the island told Reuters. Chuuk’s proximity to Guam, an American territory with air force and naval bases, and strategic location in the Pacific had raised […]
SNAPSHOT: CHUUK LAGOON, MICRONESIA
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