SEOUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared on Thursday to claim his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but outside experts were sceptical.
BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - China's state planning commission urged better enforcement of a ban on dirty coal, calling for violators to be more vigorously punished, as the world's largest energy consumer continues to grapple with rampant air pollution.
** British engineering conglomerate Smiths Group down c.2 pct & biggest loser on Stoxx 600 Industrial Goods & Services after Morgan Stanley sounds a warning bell about co's commodity-exposed John Crane unit
LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Centrica, Britain's largest energy utility, expects to spend less than the 1.05 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) it had previously envisaged, mainly due to a cut in upstream investments, the company said on Thursday.
KATHMANDU, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a Sunday morning, dozens of police officers in combat gear stand guard at a petrol station in Kathmandu's Lalitpur neighbourhood.
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Dec 10(Reuters) - China will introduce tough controls on ship emissions at three key port areas from January to reduce sulphur dioxide which results in acid rain, causing respiratory difficulties and sometimes premature death, said the Ministry of Transport.
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