A powerful earthquake rattled northern Japan, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of households.

AN INTERNATIONAL consortium chose France yesterday as the site for an experimental nuclear fusion reactor - a €10 billion project that developers hope will one day generate endless, cheap energy by reproducing the sun’s power source and wean the world off fossil fuels.

An international consortium chose France today as the site for an experimental nuclear fusion reactor – a project developers hope will one day generate endless, cheap energy by reproducing the sun’s power source and wean the world off fossil fuels.

The European Union today assured Japan that if it removes its 16-year-old ban on arms sales to China, it will ensure future sales of European weapons systems will not aggravate the security situation in East Asia.