Greenpeace

TOKYO: A ship loaded with weapons-grade plutonium left Japan for the United States on Tuesday in what is the largest such shipment of the highly dangerous material since 1992, the environmental group Greenpeace said.

TIANJIN: Hundreds of tonnes of highly-poisonous cyanide were being stored at the warehouse devastated by two giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin which killed 112, a senior military officer said Sunday.

Non-Governmental Organisation Greenpeace said on Monday that an Australian staff member has been barred from entering India despite holding a valid visa.