Health officials in Japan are combating the country’s worst measles outbreak in years, with many infections clustered among attendees of a Valentine’s Day gift fair and a religious group that avoids vaccinations. A total of 167 cases were reported in 20 of Japan’s 47 prefectures as of Feb. 10, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said, with the largest outbreaks… Read more »
Fish populations are declining as oceans warm, putting a key source of food and income at risk for millions of people around the world, according to new research published Thursday. The study found that the amount of seafood that humans could sustainably harvest from a wide range of species shrank by 4.1 percent from 1930 to 2010, a casualty of… Read more »
The US secretary of state has committed Washington to aiding the Philippines in the event of an “armed attack” on its vessels or aircraft in the disputed South China Sea, in what some see as a warning shot to China. Speaking in Manila after meeting the president, Rodrigo Duterte, Mike Pompeo told the Philippines: “We have your back” and invoked the two… Read more »
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine nickel mining output is expected to recover in 2019 following years of decline due to production disruptions, boding well for the global outlook for this year, a Fitch unit said Friday. The Philippines is among the world’s biggest supplier of nickel ore and also among the top producers of copper and gold. However, the mining sector… Read more »
In Japan they launched a spacecraft and it successfully landed on an asteroid. This probe was launched three and a half years ago and finally landed on the asteroid on February 21st. The probe landed on the asteroid known as Ryugu with a goal of collecting a sample of rock from the asteroids surface. The spacecraft was successful in landing… Read more »
President Donald Trump has said that the US and China are “very very close” to signing a trade agreement, potentially ending the long-running feud between the two countries. Mr Trump told US governors on Monday that both nations “are going to have a signing summit”. “Hopefully, we can get that completed. But we’re getting very, very close,” he said. It… Read more »