东京民众集会反对日本政府排核污水入海4月11日，日本东京，福岛第一核电站的核污水排入大海的决定遭到包括福岛民众、日本渔民乃至国际社会的谴责和质疑。当地民众自发举行集会，打出反对含氚废水排入海洋，海洋在哭泣等标语，希望日本政府不要单方面的强行决定。日本政府正式决定将福岛核废水排放入海4月13日，日本东京，日本政府召开阁僚会议，正式敲定将福岛第一核电站核废水排放入海的方针。Japanese Storage Tank for nuclear waste is expected to reach its storage limit by autumn 2022, so the Japanese government plans to accelerate the handling of water containing radioactive materials such as tritium, which will be discharged into the sea after being thoroughly diluted with seawater. On April 7th, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. On March 15th, Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. On April 13th, Japan held a cabinet meeting.
The U.S. incident involving a black man shot dead by a police officer in Minnesota sparked protests on April 12th in New York City, with hundreds of people chanting "Justice for George Floyd" and standing off against police officers.
On April 12th, a shooting occurred at Henry Dunant Hospital in Paris's 16th district; one man was killed and an hospital security guard was injured before fleeing on a motorcycle. The motive behind the attack remains unclear and authorities are pursuing him.
April 12 marks International Space Day; Russia commemorated its sixtieth anniversary of human spaceflight across multiple locations. Sixty years ago on this day (Moscow time), Soviet Air Force pilot Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok-1 spacecraft took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at exactly nine hours seven minutes AM local time and orbited Earth at an altitude of approximately three hundred kilometers for one hour forty-eight minutes before returning safely home.
In eastern Ukraine near Donetsk region border patrols were conducted by Ukrainian armed forces amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia following President Zelensky's statement that Ukraine is prepared to face potential Russian aggression if necessary since there have been possibilities every day since 2014 when Crimea annexed by Russia had taken place
New Xinjiang coal mine has started sealing leakage points following an accident that occurred around p.m., Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture Huocheng County Yilhi Township mining area where overground coal seam suddenly burst forth through shafts causing floodwaters surged into underground tunnels
Indonesia’s East Java province experienced earthquake causing eight deaths and thirty-nine injuries
A volcanic eruption happened in Caribbean island nation St Vincent & Grenadines Surtsey volcano erupted after nearly four decades silence last month erupting spewing ash column reaching ten thousand meters high above ground level geologist Elucila Joseph said it could continue several weeks or months “now it’s just beginning” as people wear protective gear walking down streets engulfed by volcanic ash
Japan begins administering COVID-19 vaccine shots to seniors aged sixty-five or older making them second group after medical professionals who received vaccines earlier starting from today according to government officials all regions urged strengthened prevention measures against new wave infections
Russia restricts flights going outwards towards Turkey & Tanzania due to rising COVID cases starting next Wednesday they will enforce flight restrictions citing rapidly spreading virus
Iran tightens pandemic control measures amid fourth wave outbreak imposing ten-day travel ban within high-risk cities nonessential businesses shut down schools entertainment venues public places closed Iranian capital Tehran bustling marketplace crowds walk past shuttered stores