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Powerful 7.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Northern Japan, Triggers Tsunami Warnings A powerful and shallow 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeast coast, triggering a tsunami at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture. Public broadcaster NHK initially warned that a tsunami up to 10 feet high was expected to hit the Iwate area on Honshu's main island. However, so far, it has been reported to be about 31 inches high. The quake was reported shortly before 17:00 local time, rattled towers as far away as Tokyo, and forced the suspension of Shinkansen high-speed rail services in...

Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency To Prevent Blackouts A mega heat dome is set to descend on the eastern half of the U.S., prompting the Energy Department to issue two emergency orders to reduce the risk of rolling blackouts in the Mid-Atlantic area as PJM Interconnection braces for record power demand. DOE's first order directs the PJM region, which serves 67 million people across 13 states, "to dispatch specified units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability." PJM has implemented several alerts and actions to maintain reliable...

High-profile protests over the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement reached late last month were initially dismissed by officials as primarily Hezbollah playing a spoiler, but substantial political opposition continues over what is being termed an “unenforceable” and potentially unconstitutional agreement. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem is now predicting that framework agreement will totally fail to get parliamentary support, […]