TOKYO -- Japan's Onagawa nuclear power plant halted operations on Sunday following a malfunction with measurement equipment within the reactor, local media reported, just days after its first restart since the 2011 disastrous earthquake and tsunami.
The issue arose when a device designed to improve the precision of neutron data readings stopped working partway through installation during testing, the public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Tohoku Electric Power Company. (Japan-Nuclear Power-Plant-1st LD Writethru)
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ISLAMABAD -- Four terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, the military has reported.
The security forces conducted the operation in the South Waziristan district of the province on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement on Saturday. (Pakistan-Counter Terrorism)
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SEOUL -- South Korea, the United States and Japan held joint air drills involving the U.S. strategic bomber on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
The trilateral drills took place over waters east of South Korea's southern island of Jeju, the JCS said in a statement, adding that this is the fourth time this year that the U.S. strategic bomber has flown to the Korean Peninsula. (South Korea-Trilateral Exercise)
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CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared that the worst of the country's inflation crisis is over.
Speaking at an event in South Australia on Sunday, Anthony Albanese said Australians have reason for optimism with new data showing inflation is at its lowest level over three years. (Australia-Inflation) ■
