Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam extradited to France, Belgian prosecutor says
Updated 0915 GMT (1615 HKT) April 27, 2016
Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam has been extradited from Belgium to France, Belgian authorities say. The Belgium-born French citizen faces prosecution there in relation to the Paris terror attacks in November.
Number of civilians killed or injured by explosives rises 50% in five years
Exclusive: Civilian deaths in Turkey up 7,682% in last year alone, according to report charting ‘steady and terrible increase in harm’
More than 33,000 civilians were killed or injured by explosive weapons in 2015, an increase of more than 50% in five years, according to a wide-ranging survey passed to the Guardian.
In the last year alone, the number of civilian deaths caused by such weapons increased by as much as 7,682% in Turkey, and 1,204% in Yemen. There were also significant increases in Egypt (142%), Libya (85%), Syria (39%) and Nigeria (22%).
Papua New Guinea announces Australian refugee center closure
A Supreme Court ruling means an Australian-run refugee detention facility on Papua New Guinea is illegal and must close. Now PNG is working with Australia to find a new place for the refugees to go.
The island nation of Papua New Guinea has announced it will close a center for asylum seekers it had been hosting on behalf of Australia. This comes a day after the Supreme Court in Papa New Guinea deemed it was unconstitutional to allow Australia to detain asylum seekers on the country's Manus Island.
"Respecting this ruling, Papua New Guinea will immediately ask the Australian government to make alternative arrangements for the asylum-seekers currently held at the regional processing center," Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Chernobyl Conundrum: Is Radiation As Bad As We Thought?
By Manfred DworschakThirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, it has become clear that radioactivity might be less harmful than originally thought. Some researchers even believe it may be beneficial in small doses.
Who would voluntarily breathe in radioactive gas? These days, there are people who do. They swear by the notorious noble gas radon, created by the decay of uranium: They inhale it deeply.
As has now become clear, these people are right: Radioactivity is good for them.
BRAZILIAN CYBERCRIME BILLS THREATEN OPEN INTERNET FOR 200 MILLION PEOPLE
BRAZILIAN INTERNET FREEDOM activists are nervous. On Wednesday, a committee in the lower house of Congress, the Câmera dos Deputados, will vote on seven proposals ostensibly created to combat cybercrime. Critics argue the combined effect will be to substantially restrict open internet in the country by peeling back the right to anonymity, and providing law enforcement with draconian powers to censor online discourse and examine citizens’ personal data without judicial oversight.
The bills are ripped straight from what has become a standard international playbook: Propose legislation to combat cybercrime; invoke child pornography, hackers, organized crime, and even terrorism; then slip in measures that also make it easier to identify critical voices online (often without judicial oversight) and either mute them or throw them in jail for defamation — direct threats to free speech.
Nuclear regulator says fault below Shika reactor may be active
TOKYO —
The nuclear safety body said Wednesday it has accepted the conclusion by geological experts that a fault below a reactor at Hokuriku Electric Power Co’s Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa Prefecture may be active, a decision that could lead to the scrapping of the unit.
The experts on a panel under the Nuclear Regulation Authority concluded in March that the possibility cannot be ruled out that a fault directly below the idled No. 1 reactor at the Shika plant on the Sea of Japan coast is active.
Building nuclear reactors or other important facilities directly above active faults is prohibited in quake-prone Japan. The issue came under the spotlight after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns that resulted in all the country’s commercial reactors going offline.
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