July 11, 2019 Site of Chernobyl nuclear disaster to become official tourist attraction, Ukrainian president says The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster is set to officially become a tourist attraction, Ukraine announced Wednesday.
July 3, 2019 Chernobyl's $1.7B nuclear confinement shelter revealed after taking 9 years to complete A new structure built to confine the Chernobyl reactor at the center of the world's worst nuclear disaster was previewed for the media Tuesday.
June 17, 2019 'Chernobyl' star Alex Ferns says his uncle died from cancer caused by nuclear disaster "Chernobyl" actor Alex Ferns claims his uncle contracted cancer from rain tainted by the nuclear disaster that’s depicted in the HBO show.
May 29, 2019 Russia likely violating nuclear test ban treaty by conducting secret operations on island, officials say Russia is likely violating an international treaty banning nuclear tests by conducting secret operations on remote islands above the Arctic Circle, a U.S. intelligence assessment revealed Wednesday.
May 23, 2019 As nuclear weapons risk escalates, debate grows about 'vintage' US arsenal The threat of nuclear weapons being deployed is now at its highest point since the conclusion the World War ll, a top United Nations security expert cautioned this week, calling the matter an “urgent” one that requires global attention.
May 16, 2019 Former Kasich adviser takes $350G job lobbying for Russia, registers as foreign agent: report A former campaign adviser for John Kasich has registered as a foreign agent to lobby against sanctions on Russia despite being a long-time critic of the Kremlin for interfering in U.S. politics, according to a report.
April 25, 2019 Kim-Putin summit was short on substance, but had symbolism both men need: Bill Richardson Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson said on “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday that the first summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was short on substance, but long on the kind of symbolism that both men need.
September 6, 2018 Japan acknowledges first Fukushima radiation related death, seven years after disaster The government of Japan acknowledged for the first time that a former worker of the Fukushima nuclear plant has died as a result of radiation exposure –seven years after the plant was hit by a tsunami.
May 22, 2018 Russia's floating nuclear plant heads for the Arctic amid geopolitical and environmental concerns Dubbed a “Chernobyl on ice” and a “nuclear Titanic” by one environmental group, Russia’s first- floating nuclear power plant is almost ready for its maiden voyage to a remote port town across the Bering Strait from Alaska – a move seen by many as both Moscow’s latest push to take control of the Arctic and one fraught with ecological peril.
February 4, 2018 China accuses US of 'Cold War mentality' over nuclear policy China decried the U.S. for its “Cold War mentality” on Sunday after Washington announced last week that it plans to diversify its nuclear arsenal with smaller bombs.