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Zelensky calls on UN to 'ensure security' of nuclear plant
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
"The UN must ensure the security of this strategic object, its demilitarisation and complete liberation from Russian troops," Zelensky said in a statement after...
Erdogan warns of 'another Chernobyl' after talks in Ukraine
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
A flare up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders and UN chi...
Five years on from deadly Sierra Leone mudslide, risks remain
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
"Before the mudslide... I lived a happier life with my family," said one survivor, Alimamy Bubu Conteh. "But now we live in misery and suffering." He was speaki...
People return to quake-hit Christchurch cathedral for first time in decade
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
A pair of restoration workers were the first officials to enter Christ Church Cathedral during a heavily-controlled inspection to check for structural concerns....
Zelensky warns Zaporizhzhia 'catastrophe' would threaten whole of Europe
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
"Under the cover of the plant, the occupiers are shelling nearby cities and communities," Zelensky said in his evening address. "Any radiation incident at the Z...
Ukraine nuclear plant standoff stirs Chernobyl memories
Aug 14, 2022 (AFP)
He died in 2014 from bladder cancer -- perhaps a result of radiation, she thinks. Now she mourns his loss in the Ukrainian village of Vyschetarasivka, across th...
Ukraine nuclear plant risks increasing 'every day'
Aug 14, 2022 (AFP)
The Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine has been occupied by Russian forces since March, and Kyiv has accused Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and s...
Iraq to provide Lebanon with fuel for another year: Lebanon PM
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
Iraq signed an agreement in July 2021 to give cash-strapped Lebanon one million tonnes of fuel oil to help keep the lights on as the country grapples with power...
Obstructions slow bid to save trapped Mexican miners
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
A soldier wearing a helmet and military fatigues and equipped with a scuba tank descended into one of the mine shafts in a metal cage on Wednesday, emerging min...
Suspended sediment reduced by rapid revegetation after Fukushima decontamination
Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)
Tsukuba, Japan-The effects of increased sediment load in rivers during the recovery phase after a nuclear accident are a key consideration in decontamination ef...
Climate, poverty collude to torment Central America
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
It is a fate that strikes all too often in parts of Central America and, experts say, ever more frequently and severely due to climate change. Corruption, crumb...
'Life-saving' peanut paste unlikely victim of Ukraine war
Aug 03, 2022 (AFP)
This wonder food can mean the difference between life and death for a child in hard-hit Marsabit, where aid workers say young children are perishing in conditio...
SpaceWorks RED-Rescue delivers goods key to survival in wartime
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force had recently challenged industry to develop capabilities that provide on-demand and cost-efficient delivery of Personnel Recovery Kits (PRKs)...
Natural disaster losses hit $72 bn in first half 2022: Swiss Re
Aug 02, 2022 (AFP)
Though the figure is lower than the $91 billion estimate for the first six months of 2021, it is close to the 10-year average of $74 billion, and the weight is ...
Mexico unveils drought plan for industrial hub
Jul 30, 2022 (AFP)
The plan aims to guarantee water supplies for the northern city over the next decade, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. Residents of Monterrey, one of...
Japan regulator OKs release of treated Fukushima water
Jul 22, 2022 (AFP)
The plan has already been adopted by the government and endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but plant operator TEPCO must still win over ...
MPs question deterrent effect of UK's Rwanda migrant policy
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee said "much more clarity" was needed on the plan, including how much it will cost. Instead, the MPs urged ministers t...
UN Security Council calls on members to stop arming gangs in Haiti
Jul 16, 2022 (AFP)
Bloodshed in the Caribbean nation has been soaring -- alongside fuel shortages and rising food prices -- with at least 89 people killed in the Port-au-Prince ca...
China asks UN Security Council for ban on small arms to Haiti
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
Gang violence in the Caribbean nation has been soaring -- alongside fuel shortages and rising food prices -- with at least 89 people killed in the Port-au-Princ...
China asks UN Security Council for ban on small arms to Haiti: diplomats
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
The proposal comes as Council members consider renewing a UN political mission to Haiti which expires on Friday night. And it also comes as the impoverished cou...
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