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JAPAN

Worker exposed to Fukushima radiation

A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have ingested radioactive material after his face was exposed to it, local media reported on Monday. Radioactive material was found on the worker's face during a routine radiation test, as he was leaving the site after decontaminating fences and other equipment in a room near the plant's No 2 reactor building, and he was decontaminated immediately, Kyodo News cited plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company in its report. The incident followed one in October when two men were hospitalized after they were splashed with radioactive liquid while cleaning the plant's Advanced Liquid Processing System, a water filtration facility.

MALAYSIA

PM makes major cabinet reshuffle

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made major changes to his cabinet on Tuesday, appointing the chief of the country's largest state pension fund as second finance minister. Anwar, who is also finance minister, brought back the position of second finance minister, appointing Amir Hamzah Azizan, chief executive of the Employees' Provident Fund, to the job. The reshuffle split the energy transition and digital portfolios into separate ministries, taking the number of cabinet members to 31 from 28 previously.

EUROPE

Reborn night train links Berlin, Paris

A new sleeper service between Berlin and Paris, which set off from the German capital on Monday evening after a decadelong hiatus, arrived in the French capital on Tuesday. The connection is operated by French and German national train operators SNCF and Deutsche Bahn, while the rolling stock will be provided by Austrian train company OeBB, whose "Nightjet" trains already crisscross central Europe. The overnight connection returns nine years after the previous service was stopped. Initially running just three times a week, the frequency is set to rise to a train per day from October 2024.

Agencies Via Xinhua