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World Anti-Doping Agency says 99 cases of meldonium doping this year so far
The drug at the centre of the Maria Sharapova doping case has produced 99 positive tests so far this year, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday. WADA spokesman Ben Nichols told The Associated Press in an e-mail that since meldonium was banned on Jan 1, “there have been 99 adverse analytical findings” for the drug. Nichols did...
Fukushima’s ground zero: Where radiation even ‘kills’ robots
The robots sent in to find highly radioactive fuel at Fukushima’s nuclear reactors have “died”; a subterranean “ice wall” around the crippled plant meant to stop groundwater from becoming contaminated has yet to be finished. And authorities still don’t know how to dispose of highly radioactive water stored in...
Fukushima ground zero: No place for either man or robot
Anti-nuclear protesters hold “No nukes” placards during a rally, calling for the government to put an end to atomic power in Japan. File anti-nuclear protesters hold “No nukes” placards during a rally, calling for the government to put an end to atomic power in Japan. File/AP The robots sent in to find highly radioactive fuel at Fukushima’s...
US Envoy To UN Says Nadiya Savchenko ‘Should Be Free’
The US ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday that former Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko had been subjected to a “farcical trial” and called on Russia to immediately release her. …read more Source:...
US Envoy To UN Says Nadiya Savchenko ‘Should Be Free’
The US ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday that former Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko had been subjected to a “farcical trial” and called on Russia to immediately release her. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko Says Open To Prisoner Swap With Russia Over Ukrainian Pilot
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday said he was ready to exchange prisoners with Russia to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who has gone on hunger strike to protes… …read more Source:...
On trial, Ukrainian pilot defies Russian judge
Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in a high-profile case over the killing of two Russian journalists, told a Russian court on Wednesday she would continue refusing food and water after raising her middle finger in a defiant gesture at the judge and prosecution. …read more Source: The Times of...
Locals Eating Radioactive Food 30 Years After Chernobyl: Greenpeace Tests
Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and … …read more Source:...
Ukrainians Picket Russian Embassy Over Jailed Pilot
Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow’s embassy in Kiev today as global calls grew for a hunger-striking helicopter pilot’s release and return from Russia. …read more Source:...
End of the road? Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended by ITF for failing drug test
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, the highest-paid woman in sports, said on Monday that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she has been taking for 10 years for health issues. The 28-year-old Sharapova, a five-time grand slam champion, will be provisionally suspended starting March 12, the International Tennis...
