Those of you who read the weekend edition of the Financial Times will be familiar with the regular feature called “Lunch with the FT”, in which they invite a famous man or woman of the moment out to lunch to talk about their latest book or film (e.g. Donald Rumsfeld’s “Known and Unkown” or Helen
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Japan fought on Sunday to avert a disastrous meltdown at two earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that charged across its northeast rose to more than 10,000. Broadcaster NHK, quoting a police official, said more than 10,000 people may have been killed as the wall of water triggered by
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The following is a roundup of the effect on manufacturers, energy firms and other companies of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan. NUCLEAR – The government said there was an explosion and radiation leak at the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima nuclear plant, some 240 km (150 miles)
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. A wrecked airplane lies nose-deep in splintered wood from homes in the port of Sendai. An hour's drive away, workers in white masks and protective clothing scan thousands of people for radiation. Two days after a ferocious earthquake and tsunami submerged Japan's northeast coast, killing hundreds and forcing tens of thousands from their homes,
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Washington said a call by the Arab League for a U.N. no-fly zone over Libya was an “important step”, as government troops backed by tanks and warplanes fought to drive rebels from their strongholds. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said the League, meeting in Cairo on Saturday, had decided that “serious crimes and great
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Israel said on Sunday it would build several hundred new homes for settlers in the occupied West Bank, a day after a Palestinian attack killed an Israeli couple and three of their children. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened late on Saturday a special session of a ministerial committee on settlement to approve the step after
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Bahraini riot police fired thick clouds of tear gas and pushed back protesters who blocked a main thoroughfare leading to the Bahrain Financial Harbour, a key business district in the Gulf Arab region's banking centre. Forming a thick line across the motorway, police fired dozens of tear gas canisters at protesters and pushed them back
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Russians from the Bering Strait to the Baltic voted in regional elections on Sunday, the last big test for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party before December parliamentary polls and a presidential vote next March. With critics at home and abroad accusing Putin of rolling back democracy and muzzling opponents, however, some analysts said the
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan slammed a European Parliament report that noted a deterioration in press freedom and women's rights in Turkey, saying it was unbalanced and written by people who did not know the country. “There is no balance in this report. Excuse me, but I believe, people who have prepared this document lack balance
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* Tsunami could reach 6 feet in California * Evacuations possible in California * Hawaii and Guam residents told to leave coastal areas * Warning extended to Northern California and Oregon The tsunami generated by a massive earthquake in Japan could reach 2m when it hits parts of the northern California coast and force some
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