Tokyo A court has ruled that a nuclear reactor in southwestern Japan should not operate because it is too close to a volcano and could be affected by an eruption. The injunction, ordered by the Hiroshima high court, is likely to force the reactor at the Ikata plant in Ehime prefecture to stay offline until after an inspection ends in February. Mount Aso is 78 miles from the plant. (AP)No Russian empires here, says the GambiaBanjul The Gambia has denied it has agreed a deal with a Russian politician who wants to revive the Romanov empire by building a new city in the West African state. The Gambian presidency said a document suggesting it supported the scheme by Anton Bakov, who casts himself…

Source: The Times December 14, 2017 00:02 UTC