“A mighty bluefin tuna, representing 16,000 slices of the world’s most expensive sashimi, has sold in Japan’s first auction of the year for Y16.28 million (£111,000) – a price that no buyer has come close to for nearly a decade.”

The Times reports that one lucky man or woman can now enjoy an awful lot of sashimi.

“Powerful vested interests are perhaps likely to get overactive in the coming months, and would perhaps do everything in their power to impede progress towards a binding agreement that is hoped for by the end of 2010 in Mexico City. Those opposed to action on climate change are working overtime to see that they can stall action for as long as possible.”

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tells the Guardian he expects climate change sceptics to become more vocal in the coming months.

“One was dead while the other was dying when they were found on a beach of Chialoshui. Luckily the oil leak from the shipwreck was not serious, otherwise the two crabs might have been polluted and escaped our eyes.”

Ho Ping-ho of National Taiwan Ocean University found two crabs that may be a new species while investigating the impact of a shipwreck (AFP). The crabs look like strawberries (pictures).