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Giant arch slides over Chernobyl site
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years.On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the Soviet nuclear plant sent clouds of smouldering...
HIV toll tops 1mn in Russia … and climbing
WRussia’s HIV infection rate is growing 10 % a year and more than 1mn Russians have been diagnosed with the disease in nearly three decades, the country’s top Aids expert said yesterday.The number of registered cases reached 1,087,339 on September 30, Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the national state Aids centre, said at a news...
German FM says four-way talks on Ukraine were difficult
Four-way talks about the conflict in eastern Ukraine Tuesday were difficult but meaningful and necessary, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and France. …read more Source: The Daily...
One in seven with HIV in Europe unaware of infection
One in seven people with HIV in Europe is unaware of their infection, the EU and World Health Organization reported Tuesday as 2015 marked another record year for new HIV cases in the region. ‘HIV/AIDS continues to be a serious problem in Europe… The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s (ECDC) estimate that one in...
Russian Defense Ministry: Western calls for more sanctions on Russia a response to liberation of thousands of civilians in Aleppo
Moscow, SANA – The Russian Defense Ministry considered that the calls by West to subject Russia to more sanctions came as a response to the Syrian Arab Army’s liberation of more than 80,000 civilians from the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city who were held hostage by terrorist organizations. In a statement published by RT website,...
Peskov: Putin Monitors Situation in Crimea, Aware of Ukraine’s Plans for Missile Tests
Spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is following up the situation on Ukraine’s plan to conduct missile test on 1 and 2 December within the Russian airspace in the Crimean region.” Peskov confirmed that the Department of Transportation is studying the issue directly and is...
Ukraine moves new safety dome over Chernobyl’s doomed reactor
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Ukraine unveils new safety dome over Chernobyl’s doomed reactor
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Russia Says Yet to Receive Response on Ukraine’s Planned Missile Launches near Crimea
Russia said on Tuesday it has not yet received a response from Kiev on the Ukrainian military’s plan to fire missiles in airspace above Crimean territorial waters in the Black Sea this week. “So far we did not receive official statements, but there is still time,” Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov told reporters. The missile...
Ukraine’s Yanukovych blames radicals for 2014 Maidan bloodshed
Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has blamed radical forces for deadly clashes during the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests. …read more Source:...
