North Korea shuts down Yongbyon reactor

United Nations nuclear inspectors have confirmed the closure of North Korea's main nuclear recator, Yongbyon.

The closure is part of a deal agreed in six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, Russia, Japan, China, and the US. In return for shutting down the Yongbyon reactor North Korea will be given 50,000 tons of fuel aid along with another 950,000 tons of fuel for shutting down all of its nuclear facilites.

The first shipment of fuel aid arrived in North Korea last week and on Monday around 7,500 tons of fuel were sent off to Nampo in the West of North Korea.

The six-party talks were started in Februrary of this year amid fears after North Korea test fired a nuclear missile that was rumored to be capable of reaching American soil. The talks broke down when North Korea asked that $25 million be released from a Macau bank which were frozen by the U.S. Treasury Department after rumors of laundering and counterfeiting.

Earthquakes strike Japan

Hundreds of homes and businesses in the Japanese city of Kashiwazaki have been destroyed along with a leak of water containing radioactive material from the Kashiwazaki nuclear plant after two earthquakes struck the island.

Authorities said the leaked radioactive water posed no threat to the environment and the plant was shut down before the second earthquake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale, struck.

Around nine people have been killed with hundreds more injured. The nine people, aged between 70 and 80, died from injuries during the earthquake.

More than seven thousand people were evacuated from their homes during aftershocks measuring 5.8 shook in Kashiwazaki.

Rescue workers have begun looking for survivors in destroyed buildings in the city but weather forecasters have warned of heavy rain, flooding, and even lightning in the area.

Google eats all the cookies

Cookies stored about a user's preferences while on Google websites will be deleted after 2 years, Google has announced.

Cookies are small files that contain information about a user's surfing habits and preferences while on a website.

In the past the cookies that Google kept were to be deleted around the year 2030.