News Headlines - 11 March 2017

▽The Lonely Towns of Fukushima - The New York Times

Thousands of people fled from their homes, offices and schools six years ago after a devastating earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. To this day, few have returned, leaving behind ghost towns where eerie signs of the departed linger under a caking of dust.

▽Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami | The Guardian

Barely a fifth of the way into their mission, the engineers monitoring the Scorpion’s progress conceded defeat. With a remote-controlled snip of its cable, the latest robot sent into the bowels of one of Fukushima Daiichi’s damaged reactors was cut loose, its progress stalled by lumps of fuel that overheated when the nuclear plant suffered a triple meltdown six years ago this week.

▽Sean Spicer wore an upside-down flag pin. The Internet lost its mind. - The Washington Post

White House press secretary Sean Spicer showed up at his Friday press briefing wearing an upside-down American flag pin on his lapel.

▽Body Count Climbs to 240 in Veracruz Mass Graves | teleSUR English

Continuing exhumation work on mass graves in Mexico’s Veracruz state has uncovered a staggering 240 bodies, with victims as young as 14 believed to have been killed by local organized crime groups.

▽Panic as 16ft King Kong model catches fire at premiere in Vietnam

Crowds gathering for the Vietnam premiere of the new King Kong movie fled in panic after a huge model of the famous gorilla caught fire.