Trump picks Perry is for energy post
He ran for president twice, but Rick Perry may be best known for two made-for-TV moments: uttering “oops” when he forgot the Energy Department was one of the agencies he pledged to eliminate and being a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.”
The former Texas governor is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become energy secretary, two people with knowledge of the decision say.
Atlantic wave biggest ever recorded by buoy
BBC online
The highest-ever wave detected by a buoy has been recorded in the North Atlantic ocean.
The 19-metre (62.3ft) wave happened between Iceland and the United Kingdom, off the Outer Hebrides, the World Meteorological Organization said.
US military aircraft crashes in Japan
AP, Tokyo
The US Marines on Wednesday suspended their controversial Osprey flights in Japan as anger mounts over an accident that saw the aircraft apparently crash land off the southern island of Okinawa.
Five crew members aboard the MV-22 Osprey were injured late Tuesday when the tilt-rotor aircraft suffered a “mishap” and landed in shallow water, the Pentagon said.
EU to allow higher anti-dumping duties
Reuters, Brussels
European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to reforms giving the bloc the possibility of imposing higher duties on excessively cheap imports that would help shore up its defences under a new trading relationship with China.
After three years of wrangling, representatives of the 28 EU members voted by a qualified majority to allow higher tariffs than might normally apply if exporters are benefiting from artificially low raw material costs.
2,500-year-old city discovered in Greece
PTI, London
Scientists have discovered the remains of a 2,500-year-old city in Greece – a finding that can change our understanding of the area traditionally considered to be a backwater of the ancient world.
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have begun exploring a previously unknown ancient city at a village called Vlochos, five hours north of Athens.
Final sweep for MH370 sea search
AFP, Sydney
The last vessel searching for missing MH370 has left on its final sweep across the southern Indian Ocean, Australia said Wednesday, as the transport minister cautioned the airliner might not be found in coming weeks.
Fugro Equator sailed from Fremantle port on Australia’s western coast on Monday for the 120,000 square-kilometre (46,000-square-mile) zone where investigators believe the Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers and crew.
