Melting of Japan Plant’s Fuel Rods Confirmed
DAVID McNEILL – “SCIENTISTS SAY the fight to bring Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant under control could take three months or more, even if not hampered by further earthquakes. The announcement comes after another day of aftershocks, including one with an epicentre about 25km from the Fukushima plant.
The head of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Takashi Sawada, said yesterday that fuel rods in reactors 1 and 3 have melted and settled at the bottom of their containment vessels, confirming fears that the plant suffered a partial meltdown after last month’s huge earthquake and tsunami.” Read more.
New Mexico Department of Health: Cats and Dogs Contracting the Plague
“SANTA FE (KRQE) – Two dogs in Santa Fe County and a cat near Abiquiú in Rio Arriba County have been confirmed to have plague, the New Mexico Department of Health reported Wednesday.
NMDOH released this statement:
The New Mexico Department of Health’s Scientific Laboratory Division confirmed plague this week in a dog that lives in Santa Fe County, just east of the Santa Fe city limits. Other confirmed animal plague cases include a dog from Santa Fe County just west of the Santa Fe city limits and a cat from Rio Arriba County near Abiquiú.
The cases are the first in New Mexico in 2011. All cases have recovered and no human plague cases have been confirmed.” Read more.
Thousands of Dead Fish Float on Vapi Sea Coast, India
“Tens of thousands of dead fish surfaced on Vapi’s sea coast on Wednesday morning, an incident that locals say is not the first.
Villagers of Kolak and Udwada in Vapi went to the sea coast in the morning to prepare for their daily sojourns into the sea when they were shocked by floating pools of dead fish, a sight they claimed to have come across at least thrice earlier.
They immediately informed the sarpanchs of both villages as residents began gathering on the sea coast to look at the long line of dead fish being washed up ashore.” Read more.
World Bank: Food Prices Have Entered the ‘Danger Zone’
By Philip Aldrick – “Robert Zoellick, World Bank president, said food prices are at ‘a tipping point’, having risen 36pc in the last year to levels close to their 2008 peak. The rising cost of food has been much more dramatic in low-income countries, pushing 44m people into poverty since June last year.
Another 10pc rise in food prices would push 10m into extreme poverty, defined as an effective income of less than $1.25 a day. Already, the world’s poor number 1.2bn.
Mr Zoellick said he saw no short term reversal in the damaging effect of food inflation, which is felt much more in the developing world as packaging and distribution accounts for a far larger proportion of the cost in the advanced economies.
Asked if he thought prices would remain high for a year, Mr Zoellick said: ‘The general trend lines are ones where we are in a danger zone… because prices have already gone up and stocks are relatively low.'” Read more.
20 Signs That A Horrific Global Food Crisis Is Coming
“In case you haven’t noticed, the world is on the verge of a horrific global food crisis. At some point, this crisis will affect you and your family. It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen. Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters have played havoc with agricultural production in many areas of the globe over the past couple of years. Meanwhile, the price of oil has begun to skyrocket. The entire global economy is predicated on the ability to use massive amounts of inexpensive oil to cheaply produce food and other goods and transport them over vast distances. Without cheap oil the whole game changes. Topsoil is being depleted at a staggering rate and key aquifers all over the world are being drained at an alarming pace. Global food prices are already at an all-time high and they continue to move up aggressively. So what is going to happen to our world when hundreds of millions more people cannot afford to feed themselves?” Read more.
Palestinians Hail International ‘Birth Certificate’ of Statehood
“Donor countries meeting in Brussels recognized on Wednesday that the ‘Palestinian Authority (PA) is above the threshold of a functioning state’ – an assessment immediately hailed as a ‘birth certificate’ for a Palestinian state by PA premier Salam Fayyad.
In recent months, the World Bank, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have certified that Fayyad’s state-building plans are on track for completion in mid-2011.
‘We can today conclude that the Palestinian Authority is above the threshold of a functioning state,’ Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said after chairing a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liason Committee, a panel of donor countries to the Palestinians.” Read more.
Christian Girls Forced to Convert to Islam; Rapes, Coersion, Abuse
By Agenzia Fides – “LAHORE, Pakistan (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages are on the rise. The victims are mostly Hindu and Christian girls, belonging to religious minorities, complain Fides local sources. This has been a worrying phenomenon for the Church in Pakistan for some time and that the Church is trying to address, looking for the cooperation of institutions but it is an uphill battle.
‘The Christian girls are the weakest and most vulnerable, because their communities are poor, defenceless and marginalized, therefore easily exposed to harassment and threats. Often they do not even have the courage to denounce the violence,’ says a sister to Fides.” Read more.
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Vigilantes Kill Exonerated Man
By Nick Paton Walsh – “Talahore, Pakistan (CNN) – Mohamed Imran had been accused, jailed, tried and cleared: if anything, society owed him a debt as a man wrongfully accused.
But his crime was blasphemy. He was meant to have said something derogatory about the prophet Mohammed, so in Pakistan justice worked a little differently.
Two weeks after he returned to his small patch of farmland on the rustic outskirts of Islamabad, his alleged crime caught up with him.” Read more.
Report: Hezbollah and Iran Planning Imminent Attacks Against Western Targets
“BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 13 (UPI) — Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard operatives are planning attacks on western targets in the coming days, a Lebanese report said.
The report was based on information gathered by western intelligence agencies monitoring the “recent abnormal movements of cadres suspected of belonging to Hezbollah or the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,” the Beirut Observer Web site said Tuesday.
The report said the attacks are meant to divert global attention from indictments the international United Nations tribunal is expected to serve in the investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.” Read more.
Cuba Faces Its Worst Drought In 50 Years
“Cuba is facing its worst drought in half a century, with tens of thousands of families almost entirely reliant on water trucks for essential supplies.
The drought started two years ago, and reservoirs are now down to a fifth of their normal levels.
The government is providing road deliveries of water to more than 100,000 people in the worst affected areas of the capital, Havana.
The situation in Havana is compounded by a pipe network in poor condition.
The state-run newspaper Granma says up to 70% of water pipes supplying the capital are leaking and in urgent need of repair…” Read more.
Report: Japan Mulls to Move Capital over Disaster Worries
“As powerful earthquakes continue to jolt Japan and radiation levels near Tokyo are rising, the Asian country’s authorities are considering moving the capital to another city.
The most probable location for a new capital are Osaka and Nagoya, according to ITAR-TASS. Both cities are located near international airports.
The main conditions the new capital has to provide are a population over 50 000 and a sufficient capacity to accommodate the parliament, the government, the Emperor’s residency and the foreign diplomatic missions.” Read more.
Israel National News
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Gatestone Institute
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Middle East – The Jerusalem Post
- Human rights group petitions Germany to investigate Iranian crimes against ethnic minorities
- Israeli intelligence helps Saudi Arabia target Houthis as IDF prepares for potential escalation
- Saudi Aramco tells staff to evacuate Dhahran as clashes with Yemen's Houthis continue
- Iran deploys heavy weaponry to Kurdish regions amid fears of renewed conflict with Israel, US
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- Turkey waiting for sale contract from Qatar for Eurofighter Typhoon jets, defense ministry says
- Iran's floating oil reserves, used for China sales, completely depleted, analysts say - report
- Francesca Albanese calls for Indonesia to reconsider involvement with Board of Peace
- IDF probes alleged arson attack on Biblical High Priest Eleazar's tomb near Nablus in West Bank
- West Bank Palestinian farmers face attacks, olive theft from settlers as violence continues
Earthquakes & Volcanic Activity
- Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Oct 2026: Fuego volcano, Krakatau, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay, W...
- Volcanoes Today, 22 Oct 2026: Fuego volcano, Krakatau, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay, White Island, Sakurajima
- World Earthquake Report for October 2026
- White Island Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 3,000 ft (900 m) as of 22 Oct 2026, 17:27 UTC
- Dukono Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 7,000 ft (2,100 m) as of Oct 22, 16:10 UTC
- Puracé Volcanic Ash Advisory: no ash plume observed as of latest report
- Ibu Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 6,000 ft (1,800 m) as of Oct 22, 15:30 UTC
- World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 22 October 2026
- Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM LKLY CONT
- Reventador Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 17,000 ft (5,200 m) as of Oct 22, 11:00 UTC
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