Section: New Zealand
Chernobyl: Forest fire around defunct nuclear plant put out – Ukraine govt
A huge blaze that tore through forests around Chernobyl has been put out, Ukrainian officials say. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Chernobyl: Ukraine officials call for calm as fire rages
Ukrainian authorities have called for calm as firefighters battle a blaze near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Dutch trial over downing of flight MH17 to start without suspects
Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Violence erupts as evacuees arrive in Ukraine
2020-02-20t192224z_198471008_rc2j4f9qr76i_rtrmadp_3_china-health-ukraine-protests.jpg A demonstrator hurls an object towards a police van during a protest in the village of Novi Sanzhary in Poltava region. Photo: Reuters Residents of a central Ukrainian town clashed with police, burned tires and hurled projectiles at a convoy of buses carrying...
Former residents return to Chernobyl town for the first time in 33 years
Around 50,000 people once called the city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine home.That was until April 26, 1986, when the community was thrust into the spotlight of the world.It was that day that a safety test went wrong and led to… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Reporter says Pompeo cursed at her after interview, told her to point to Ukraine on a map
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched into a profanity-laced rant against an NPR reporter after an interview, the news organisation says, apparently frustrated by questions he had been asked about Ukraine and former U.S. ambassador… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Mike Pompeo cursed at reporter, yelled: ‘Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after a testy interview with NPR and used the “F-word,” among other expletives. …read more Source::...
Recording of Trump calling for Yovanovitch’s ouster appears to corroborate Parnas’ account
President Donald Trump is allegedly heard on a recording demanding the firing of then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during a private dinner with top donors in April 2018, according to an audio file obtained by ABC… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Iran appears to backtrack on plan to send flight recorder to Ukraine
The Iranian official leading the investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down by the Revolutionary Guard appeared to backtrack Sunday on plans to send the flight recorders abroad for analysis, a day after… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Nations demand Iran compensate plane crash victims’ families
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks during a news conference next to (from left) Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Idrees Zaman, British MP Andrew Murrison, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko and Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde. Photo: Reuters Five countries whose...
