Section: Africa&ME
Radiation spikes after wildfire in Chernobyl exclusion zone
Ukrainian nuclear inspectors have measured a significant increase in radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone caused by heavy wildfires raging in close proximity to the crippled nuclear power station. Air near the desolated settlement of Polesskoye in the Chernobyl zone is contaminated with the radioactive element cesium-137. Its content in the...
Ukraine, creditors agree to continue debt talks
Ukraine and its creditors agree to continue negotiations on restructuring the country’s debt in a confidential manner. …read more Source:...
‘Probability of US fighting war against Russia growing’
An American military report has warned of a growing probability of the United States fighting a war with a major power, Russia or China, with “immense” consequences. The report released on Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, singles out Russia and China as aggressive countries and a threat...
Ukraine leader unveils amendments to constitution
Kiev will not give the volatile Donbas region any special status for independence. …read more Source:...
Poland to Deport Ukrainian Student Over Rude Gesture at Majdanek
17-year-old Ukrainian to be deported from Poland for snapping a photo of himself waving his middle finger at a memorial in Majdanek. …read more Source: Arutz...
Could Ukraine default in July next to Greece?
Could Ukraine default in July next to Greece? …read more Source:...
Two Jews tortured by Ukraine rebels land in Israel
Over three-quarters of Donetsk’s pre-war Jewish population of between 10,000 and 11,000 have fled the city since fighting broke out last year. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution
Plan refuses to heed to demands of pro-Russian separatists for semi-autonomous status …read more Source:...
Russia halts gas supply to Ukraine
The Russian gas company Gazprom halted supplies to neighboring Ukraine on Wednesday after the collapse of pricing talks, a company official said, but an EU official said the dispute would not affect the flow of Russian gas to Europe. …read more Source: Iran...
Russia angers Baltic states with review of independence
A move in Russia to review the legality of a 1991 decision formally granting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia independence from the Soviet Union has alarmed the Baltic States and stoked tensions in ties with Moscow. The Baltic states declared independence in 1990 and 1991, and activists in Lithuania and Latvia were killed in attempts by Soviet...
