Froth And Bubble
Tunis residents decry beaches too polluted for swimming
Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south of Tunis remembering the 1990s, when the water was still clean enough to bathe in.
Disaster Management
Tsunami protection wall for Japan atomic plant
A Japanese electricity firm is to build an 18-metre (60-foot) high barrier to protect a nuclear plant from tsunamis, the company said Wednesday.
Shake And Blow
Tsunami but no damage after powerful 7.1 quake jolts New Zealand
The east coast of New Zealand was hit by a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake before dawn Friday, generating a small tsunami, but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries.
Del.icio.us
Tsunami ‘Ground Zero’: resort village wiped off the map
Makeshift crosses dot the shattered landscape of the Samoan tsunami's "Ground Zero", a village of tropical homes and beachside resorts which has been literally wiped off the map.
Trade Wars
Trump’s turn on S.Korea risks alliance: analysts
Donald Trump is playing into North Korea's hands by turning on the South, accusing it of appeasement, snubbing its leader and threatening to end their trade deal in moves that analysts say risk weakening a decades-long alliance.
Trade Wars
Trump’s tariffs on $200 bn of Chinese imports kick in
President Donald Trump's tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese imports took effect Monday, with Beijing accusing Washington of "economic intimidation" as the standoff between the world's top two economies clouds the global outlook.
Nukewars
Trump’s turn on S. Korea risks alliance: analysts
Donald Trump is playing into North Korea's hands by turning on the South, accusing it of appeasement, snubbing its leader and threatening to end their trade deal in moves that analysts say risk weakening a decades-long alliance.
War Report
Trump’s push for peace prize won’t sway us, says Nobel committee
Donald Trump's obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch -- the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.
Cyber War
Trump’s QAnon posts highlight Truth Social’s extremist presence
Donald Trump promised his Truth Social platform would offer a home for free speech, an unfiltered way to reach people.
Superpowers
Trump’s generals look to provide a steady hand
Dubbed the "axis of adults," three generals working for President Donald Trump are trying to drill a sense of good order and discipline into a sometimes chaotic White House.
Nukewars
Trump’s North Korea talk ‘counterproductive’: analysts
With his threats to "totally destroy" North Korea, Donald Trump is playing into Pyongyang's hands by offering justification for a nuclear weapons programme it insists is for self-defence, analysts say.
Trade Wars
Trump’s many trade wars: a summary
President Donald Trump, to the alarm of US trading partners, has kept his course of aggressive trade policy, imposing punitive tariffs on countries he accuses of cheating American workers.
Superpowers
Trump’s ego and ‘Finnish solution’ for Ukraine: ex-NATO chief’s memoir
From stroking US President Donald Trump's ego to a "Finnish solution" for peace in Ukraine, former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg opens up about his decade as head of the alliance in a new memoir.
Internet Space
Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, a tech industry favourite, concerns India
India's leading IT trade body said on Saturday it was concerned by a new annual $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump ordered for H-1B skilled…
The Stans
Trump wins support for Afghan strategy in volatile Helmand
Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand say Donald Trump's decision to keep boots on the ground indefinitely gives them "all the time in the world" to retake the province, once the symbol of US intervention but now a Taliban stronghold.
Cyber War
Trump weighs draft order targeting Google, Facebook: reports
President Donald Trump is weighing an executive order that would open federal antitrust and criminal probes into Google, Facebook and other social media firms, US media said Saturday, though the White House promptly distanced itself from the reports.