The capital, kathmandu, and 15 kilometers deep. Local Police Say Three residents are confirmed dead after several buildings collapsed east of the capital. Police say buildings and walls collapsed in and around kathmandu causing injuries. Reports say shaking was also felt 800 kilometers away in indias capital, new delhi. The earthquake on april 25th had a magnitude of 7. 8. More than 8,000 people were killed. A Japanese National living in kathmandu spoke to nhk over the phone and described the moment the earthquake struck. Japanese police have arrested three people on suspicion of illegally importing a shipment of prized mushrooms from north korea. One of the suspects is the son of the chairman of a pronorth korea group that serves as the de facto Diplomatic Mission for north korea in japan. Nhk worlds Tomoko Kamata has the details. Reporter the suspects are connected to a Food Wholesale Company in tokyo. Police say they imported nearly two tons of mushrooms from the north in 2010. One
After takeoff. Japanese officials have wrapped up talks in pyongyang with their north korean counterparts. Theyve met to discuss the progress of an investigation into the fate of missing and abducted japanese nationals. Its thought the two sides also spoke about other issues of concern. The second and final day of talks lasted for more than five hours. Japanese media were given special permission to film part of the meeting. The delegation is being led by japans top diplomat for asian affairs, Junichi Ihara and his team met with the north korean officials heading the special investigation committee. There are four panels. The delegation placed priority on meeting members of the panel looking into abducted japanese. They also expected to be briefed about missing nationals, those left behind during world war ii, and the japanese spouses of north koreans. Theres also a Panel Handling the issue of the remains of nationals who died there near the end of world war ii. The chief of that inves
Made in the next few months. And the eus Foreign Policy chief travels to cairo for crisis talks as they crack down on supporters of Mohamed Morsi leaves more than 70 dead. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. A very good morning to you. France has announced a 35 billion merger of equals to create the worlds biggest advertising agency. It will trade in both new york and london. Morris levy and omnicom share the role of ceo for the next 30 months after which the publicis will be chairman. Speaking after a press conference in paris, he told cnbc the deal would benefit everyone. There is no one weak partner, and there is no one who has Financial Difficulties or anything of the like. So we believe that this will be a great operation for all our people, our clients and our shareholders. Publicis shares are closed. They wont open until 2 30 london time. Shares have been trading higher on news the two confirms could attract clients from the two m
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