News Headlines - 19 August 2016
▽Panel: TEPCO’s ‘ice wall’ failing at Fukushima nuclear plant:The Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s “frozen wall of earth” has failed to prevent groundwater from entering the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, and the utility needs a new plan to address the problem, experts said.
▽No trace of Fukushima plant discharge found in Thai seas | Bangkok Post
Thai waters are safe from radioactive contamination discharged by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, according to the Office of Atoms for Peace, after five years of monitoring tests.
Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has hit a tourism milestone, drawing in more than 50 million visitors in the past year, according to data released by the Fukushima Prefectural Government.
▽Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email - The New York Times
Pressed by the F.B.I. about her email practices at the State Department, Hillary Clinton told investigators that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell had advised her to use a personal email account.
▽Obamas' first date inspires romantic movie 'Southside with You' | Reuters
We've heard their playlists, watched them dance together, and now Americans can see Barack and Michelle Obama on their first date in a film that follows the future president wooing his future wife over the course of a day.