Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo pleads for elimination of nuclear arms
Pacific Asia • Dec 10, 2024, 1:36 PM
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Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, urging countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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'It's not acceptable when half the population is silenced': CEO of Afghan media group Moby
Pacific Asia • 4:05 PM
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Saad Mohseni, co-founder and CEO of Moby, Afghanistan's largest media group. His new book "Radio Free Afghanistan" chronicles the ups and downs of building a media conglomerate in the country. Mohseni lamented the fact that since the r
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Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Watson to Japan
Pacific Asia • 11:38 AM
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Denmark on Tuesday, his lawyer told AFP, and he will not be extradited to Japan. Watson was detained on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant, which accuses him of causing damage to a whaling ship in th
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Powerful earthquake hits Pacific island of Vanuatu, bodies seen in street
Pacific Asia • 5:13 AM
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A devastating 7.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday struck off the coast of Vanuatu's main island, Efate, severely damaging Port Vila and crushing the ground floor of a building containing US and French embassies. Casualties and extensive destruction were
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India: Forty years on, Bhopal disaster still plagues local residents
Pacific Asia • 12:44 AM
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Forty years after India's Bhopal disaster, local residents are still suffering from its aftermath. The gas explosion at a chemical plant caused toxic waste to contaminate the water in nearby areas, causing locals to develop numerous health issues. Today,
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