Charges have been reduced for the 30 activists arrested on piracy charges after some of the protester attempted to scale the Gazprom drilling rig in Russia's Pechora Sea in mid-September.
JOHANNESBURG — South African researchers say they have found conclusive evidence of earth's first-ever known comet strike, about 28 million years ago. The researchers say this exciting find in rural Egypt could unlock more secrets of the universe.
Typhoon Wipha swept up the east coast of Japan on Wednesday brushing past Tokyo and skirting the Fukushima nuclear power plant, but causing devastation on the island of Izu Oshima where the typhoon triggered landslides and flooding that killed at least 17 people on Wednesday.
The death toll continues to rise as a result of the devastating earthquake that struck the the Philippines on Tuesday. Officials put the current number at 144 dead with hundreds more injured and scores missing. Authorities there say that the numbers will continue to rise as communications are re-established to remote areas of the archipelago.