Another earthquake has hit Japan, if you can believe it. It struck offshore to the northeast coast, which is a small mercy, although a tsunami warning has been issued and the already troubled Fukushima nuclear plant has been advised to evacuate.
Engineers there have already been risking their lives to stay behind and try to contain radiation leakage – so whether they will actually leave or not remains to be seen.
Portugal has done what it has, up until now, tried its best not to – and is asking for an €80billion bailout from the EU. So cheque books at the ready for Europe’s most minted countries…
Police in Northern Ireland have uncovered an enormous weapons stash, believed to belong to the terrorist group that killed Constable Ronan Kerr in a car bomb last week. Apparently some of the bomb materials have been traced back to Libya. It is common knowledge that Gaddafi has a fondness for supplying terrorists with make-your-own-bomb kits, so this discovery comes as no great surprise.
Speaking of Libya, news of the fighting may have dropped from the immediate headlines for today but the situation is still very aggravated. The RAF is raining bullets over Gaddafi-shaped targets and 13 Libyan rebels have been killed accidentally by a Nato missile.
And speaking of horrific violence, a 24 year old man has run riot with a machine gun, in a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – killing at least 13 and injuring many more before turning the gun on himself.
Controversial Chinese artist and activist - Ai Weiwei (pictured above) - has been arrested and detained by Chinese officials, most probably just for being controversial. He was hoisted off the streets 3 days ago and his friends and family have heard nothing from him (or the officials) since. A Chinese newspaper reported that he was being held over “tax evasion” today but then quickly removed the story.
Ai Weiwei currently has an exhibition on at London’s Tate Modern. He is famous for being both very noisy and less than complimentary about China’s strict communist regime, so you can bet that his situation isn’t good right now.
If you have come out of this update feeling a little blue, then fear not, for you are not alone. The BBC has obtained new figures, which show that the number of people seeking professional help for depression has risen steeply since the start of the Great British Recession. Up to 400% in some cases.
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