Early Thursday, Japan was jolted by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the same area where a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March caused a destructive tsunami that claimed thousands of lives.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency canceled the tsunami warning that was issued after 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit the east coast of Japan near Honshu on Thursday morning.
The head of the world's most powerful central bank essentially stuck to the bank's latest U.S. economic forecast in his news conference with reporters Wednesday: the U.S. economy slowed in Q2, but growth is likely to pick-up in the second half of 2011.
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The swollen Missouri River had posed a serious threat to a riverside nuclear power plant in the state of Nebraska in the United States after levees built to hold back the rising floodwaters failed.
The Japanese government upgraded its view of the economy's performance and outlook for the first time in four months on Monday, but disappointing export data showed that the recovery from the March earthquake and tsunami would be anything but smooth.
A supercomputer made by Japan tops the latest ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, pushing China to the second place.
Three months have passed since the deadliest tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011. It was announced as the strongest ever in recorded history of geological disasters. Check out photos of Japan’s amazing recovery that took place after the catastrophic event.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its growth forecasts for the US for the next two years from 2.7 percent to 2.5 percent in 2011 and from 2.9 percent to 2.7 percent in 2012, besides highlighting renewed weakness in the housing market as a risk.
Japanese car major Toyota Motors today said that it expects North American vehicle production levels to return to 100 percent in September. Production is recovering earlier than originally anticipated following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck south-central Alaska a little after 11 a.m. local time, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska.
Two minke whales were discovered with traces of radiation off the Japanese coast.
A Japanese non-profit group that went to explore under the sea in hopes of finding missing Tsunami victims found a ghost town instead.
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda emerged on Thursday as a leading candidate to replace the increasingly unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan, possibly this month.
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in April, as U.S. exports rose to a new record and imports from Japan tumbled more than 25 percent in the aftermath of its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, a U.S. government report showed on Thursday.
The biggest solar flare in four years is moving towards Earth at a rate of at 1400 km/s and is expected to reach early June 9.
The strongest solar flare seen in five years erupted from the Sun on early Tuesday, and is heading towards the Earth which could cause radio, satellite interference and auroral displays on Thursday.
Government officials from nearly 30 nuclear powered countries called for safety tests on Tuesday, after the disaster at Fukushima plant sparked concern over safety standards.
A solar flare that erupted on Tuesday in the Sun is heading towards the Earth and could disrupt power grids and satellites. The flare, which is backed by a small radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME), might stimulate auroras on Thursday.
The amount of radiation that leaked from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in the first week after the disastrous tsunami struck is more than double the original estimate, according to the country’s nuclear safety agency.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be honored on Tuesday at the White House with America's highest civilian award.
An unusual signal has been detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island.
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