January 10, 2014 |
Japan scientists to create controlled nuclear meltdown Tokyo (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - A team of nuclear scientists in Japan said Thursday they plan to create a controlled reactor meltdown in a bid to learn how to deal with future disasters like that at Fukushima. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it was working on a project using a scaled-down version of a reactor which they would deliberately cause to malfunction at a research facility in Ibaraki, north of Tokyo. "We w ... more | |
Probe 'blames Sinopec, city for deadly China pipeline blast' Beijing (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - An official inquiry blames China's state-owned oil giant Sinopec and local authorities in the city of Qingdao for a November pipeline explosion that killed 62 people, state media reported Thursday. The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) found that Sinopec and the Qingdao city government "are responsible for not identifying and correcting potential safety hazards", state broadcaster C ... more | |
Libyan oil crisis swells as militias refuse to end shutdown Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Jan 8, 2013 - Libya's battered oil industry crisis appears to be escalating again, with armed separatist militants who have shut down vital facilities in the east since July now seeking to sell oil from rebel-controlled terminals, while the navy drove off with shellfire a Maltese-flagged tanker that tried to illegally load at one of the blockaded ports. The militias, who have set up their own "offici ... more | |
US energy secretary delays India trip amid row Washington (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - The US energy secretary has postponed a trip to India, officials said Thursday, as a row over a diplomat's arrest casts a cloud over once-growing cooperation between the countries. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz had been due to lead a delegation next week to India to discuss clean energy and climate change. An Energy Department official said that Moniz would not go as scheduled and that the t ... more | |
Australia's small-scale green energy installations reach 2 million Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jan 9, 2013 - Australia now has 2 million small-scale renewable energy installations, says the Clean Energy Regulator, the government agency that oversees Australia's renewable energy targets. The regulator says the 2 million small-scale installations, most of which are solar - including 1.1 million solar photovoltaic rooftop appliances and 842,000 solar systems used to generate hot water - have a ... more | |
Three-wheel $6,800 car gears for 2015 US launch Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - The sleek three-wheeled car looks futuristic, but, as its creator acknowledges, it uses no new technology. What makes the Elio Motors vehicle unique is its ultra-high fuel economy and an ultra-low price tag: $6,800. The vehicle, which was on display at the Showstoppers startup showcase on the sidelines of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, promises to deliver as much as 84 miles ... more | |
Colombia stops Drummond coal shipments over environmental row Bogota (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - Colombia's government froze coal shipments by US mining giant Drummond on Wednesday, saying it has not complied with local environmental regulations. New regulations that took effect January 1 require companies operating in the country to use coal freight methods with a low environmental impact. But authorities said Drummond has continued to use open barges which in January 2013 were par ... more | |
China auto sales up nearly 14% in 2013: industry Shanghai (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - China's auto sales smashed through the 20 million mark last year, growing nearly 14 percent and extending its lead as the world's biggest car market, an industry group said Thursday. Sales in China, the world's biggest auto market since 2009, surged 13.9 percent to 21.98 million vehicles last year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said, as a recovery in Japanese brand ... more | |
China has world's most outbound tourists Beijing (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - Nearly 100 million Chinese tourists visited foreign countries last year, and they are likely to extend their lead as the world's biggest-spending travellers, state media reported Thursday. A total of 97 million Chinese tourists left the country in 2013, up 14 million from the previous year, the state-run China Daily reported, citing official data from China's National Tourism Administration. ... more | |
Electronic valet parks the car, no tip required Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - There is no one inside the Range Rover in a Las Vegas parking lot. But it still guides its way to a parking place, after what looks like some hesitation. The self-parking is directed by an app which controls the vehicle, detects an available space and maneuvers into it. The "automated parking valet" created by the French equipment maker Valeo is among the technology innovations for the s ... more | |
Lebanon's prospects of gas bonanza slip further away Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 9, 2013 - With Lebanon's long-awaited auction for exploration licenses in the gas-rich eastern Mediterranean postponed because there's no functioning government, time may be running out for the tiny country to grasp what's likely to be its last chance for economic salvation as it slips once more toward sectarian savagery. Energy Minister Gebran Bassil was supposed to hold the auction Friday, but ... more | |
China online marketplace Taobao to ban Bitcoins Shanghai (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - China's largest online marketplace, Alibaba Group's Taobao, said Wednesday that it would ban the trading of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies from January 14, after a government crackdown on the units. The People's Bank of China (PBoC), the country's central bank, in December ordered financial institutions to halt Bitcoin-related services and products and cautioned against its potential u ... more | |
S. Asia takes 71 percent of market for ship breaking Paris (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - The world market for ship demolition remains strong, with India, Bangladesh and Pakistan together accounting for more than two-thirds of business, a French monitoring group said on Thursday. In 2013, 1,119 ships went to the world's breaker's yards, a decline of 16 percent over 2012 which was an "exceptional year," the environmental watchdog Robin des Bois (Robin Hood) said. The figures " ... more | |
Gas leak caused 2013 Egypt balloon crash: report Cairo (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - A fiery hot air balloon crash in Egypt last year that killed 19 tourists was probably caused by a gas leak, an official Egyptian report released on Tuesday said. The accident took place on the morning February 26, soon after the balloon lifted off in the southern city of Luxor. A fact-finding committee found the "likely cause was a gas leak in the upper section of the hose... near the bu ... more | |
Yahoo dives deeper into media with online magazines Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - Yahoo on Tuesday dove deeper into being an Internet Age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines focused on technology and food. The fresh online offerings were showcased by Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer during a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote presentation at a packed theater here. "Yahoo is about making the world's dai ... more | |
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British conservatives call for further immigration restrictions London (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - British conservative leaders called for further immigration crackdowns this week after EU travel restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers were eased. With Britain's coalition government already facing pressure from political leaders such as London Mayor Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage of the U.K. Independence Party to greatly increase the waiting time for immigrants to receive bene ... more | |
China's Fosun buys Portuguese insurer in privatisation Lisbon (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - Portugal said Thursday it had picked Chinese conglomerate Fosun to buy up to 80 percent of the insurance arm of public bank Caixa Geral de Depositos, as part of an EU-IMF ordered privatisation drive. Fosun will pay one billion euros ($1.36 billion) for the unit, junior minister Manuel Rodrigues said after a cabinet meeting. The insurance arm of the Caixa bank consists of several insuran ... more | |
Sony unveils game service as PS4 sales top 4.2 million Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year. PlayStation Now, set to begin a test phase this month and launch in the United States mid-year, promised to let gamers access blockbuster titles in the Internet "cloud" and play them on an array of devices intended to ex ... more | |
Irate Russia accuses Senegal of 'piracy' Moscow (AFP) Jan 09, 2014 - An outraged Russia on Thursday accused Senegal of engaging in "piracy" after armed naval officers from the west African nation seized 62 of its nationals on a trawler for alleged illegal fishing. Senegal detained the Oleg Naydenov vessel in the Atlantic on January 4 after accusing it of repeatedly fishing in its waters without a proper permit. The incident has created a furore in Russia' ... more | |
Self-driving vehicles offer potential benefits, policy challenges for lawmakers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Self-driving vehicles offer the promise of significant benefits to society, but raise several policy challenges, including the need to update insurance liability regulations and privacy concerns such as who will control the data generated by this technology, according to a new RAND Corporation study. "Our research finds that the social benefits of autonomous vehicles - including decreased ... more | |
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