close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for July 18 Fox News Flash top headlines for July 18 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com Cambodia has vowed to return all of 1,600 tons of plastic waste dumped at its seaport by the United States and Canada after the country’s environmental ministry said it should not be treated as a “dustbin” for foreign governments. Ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktr said Wednesday that 83 containers, which arrived starting in October 2018, are being held at the country’s main port in Sihanoukville. Of the dozens of shipping containers there, officials say 70 came from the United States alone and the remaining 13 came from Canada. CARGO SHIP ARRIVES IN PHILIPPINE TO PICK UP CANADIAN TRASH AND RETURN IT "Cambodia is not a dustbin where foreign countries can dispose of out-of-date e-waste, and the government also opposes any import of plastic waste and lubricants to be recycled in this country," … [Read more...] about Cambodia to return 1,600 tons of waste back to the US, Canada
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At Least 20 Dead in Suspected Arson at Japanese Anime Studio
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | At Least 20 Dead in Suspected Arson at Japanese Anime Studio Advertisement Supported by DEVELOPING ByMotoko Rich July 17, 2019 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 TOKYO — A man ignited a flammable liquid around an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday, the police said, killing at least 20 people — with more feared dead — in a devastating morning blaze. About 70 people were inside the offices of Kyoto Animation when the blaze started at about 10:30 a.m., the police said. The Kyoto Fire Department confirmed that 20 people had died in the blaze and that more were feared to have been killed. At least 36 others were injured and several remained missing on Thursday. The police questioned … [Read more...] about At Least 20 Dead in Suspected Arson at Japanese Anime Studio
Iowa, other states diverge on transgender health care
By Michael Ollove, Stateline When a doctor recommended that Aidan Zingler undergo gender reassignment surgery, the 27-year-old hoped it would mean the end of a lifetime of anguish. A science fiction writer living in Des Moines, Iowa, Zingler was born into a female body, which caused increasing torment as the years passed. When Zingler experienced a period for the first time, “it came as a shock and felt like my body betrayed me.” Surgery promised a salvation. But Iowa’s Medicaid agency refused to cover the surgery, saying it was cosmetic and not the medical necessity that Zingler’s doctor said it was. “It made me feel like I wasn’t a person,” Zingler, who is now 34 and identifies as nonbinary, recalled recently in a phone interview. “It was disregarding what a doctor said were my medical needs. I felt like I wasn’t a person and my rights weren’t being regarded.” States are diverging on whether to provide gender … [Read more...] about Iowa, other states diverge on transgender health care
Swiss town may sell nine houses for one franc each
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for July 17 Fox News Flash top headlines for July 17 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com A hamlet on Switzerland's Italian border could offer the deal of a lifetime for house flippers — it's considering selling nine houses for just one Swiss franc each. By offloading the broken-down stone dwellings and their properties for little more than a dollar, Monti Scìaga, which sits about 70 miles north of Milan and 125 miles south of Zurich, hopes to bring people back to the rustic municipality, The Local Switzerland reports. The catch is that prospective buyers would be required to renovate the properties to bring them up to code. "Scìaga is located on the left side of the upper Val Veddasca, a small hill in Indemini," the online plan says in Italian. "It is a mountain nucleus almost completely abandoned since the 1970s, but has maintained its original structure with … [Read more...] about Swiss town may sell nine houses for one franc each
How Notre-Dame Was Saved: 5 Things We Know
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Europe Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Europe | How Notre-Dame Was Saved: 5 Things We Know Advertisement Supported by ByElian Peltier July 17, 2019 How was it that fire ravaged Notre-Dame? And how was it saved? A New York Times investigation found that a miscommunication among security employees and flawed planning let the fire spin out of control in one of France’s most revered monuments on April 15. When the firefighters were called, it was already too late to stop it from spreading. Some 500 firefighters battled the blaze into the night. Some, at the peril of their own lives, went inside the northern tower to protect it from flames at a moment when it could have collapsed at any time. This decisive moment saved the structure. Here is what the investigation revealed about a foretold tragedy, and how the worst was averted. Security … [Read more...] about How Notre-Dame Was Saved: 5 Things We Know