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Timelapse shows Chernobyl shelter construction – video
Timelapse footage shows the construction of a steel shelter designed to prevent radiation leaks from the site of reactor No 4 at Chernobyl. The series of videos captures the shelter’s progression over several years up to its placement on Tuesday. High radiation levels near the reactor meant parts had to be assembled several hundred metres...
Russia and Ukraine on brink of WAR: Kremlin warns neighbours of ‘FRIGHTENING’ conflict
A SENIOR Russian politician has threatened neighbouring Ukraine with a “frightening and undesirable” war unless it shelves plans to hold a missile test over Crimea. …read more Source:...
Think Tank Awards 2016: the winners
It is hard to remember a year like it. Brexit, the collapse of the David Cameron’s government and now the election of Donald Trump have sent the political world into a spin. By any measure, 2016 will go down as the graveyard of orthodoxy. The populist surge in the United States, Britain and continental Europe represents a politics that...
France says lifting sanctions on Russia would be counterproductive
MINSK (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday that lifting European Union sanctions on Russia would weaken efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis and hand a victory to Moscow. …read more Source:...
Chernobyl disaster site enclosed by shelter to prevent radiation leaks
Ukraine plant’s reactor four, scene of worst nuclear accident in history in 1986, covered with airtight structure after years of workReactor number four at Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear accident in history, has been fully enclosed by a vast steel shelter designed to prevent radiation leaks from the site.The structure covers the...
Giant arch slides over Chernobyl site to block radiation for a century
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – 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. …read more Source:...
Germany’s Steinmeier tells Russia, Ukraine to show ‘responsibility’ at Minsk talks
BERLIN/MINSK (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister called on Ukraine and Russia to “show responsibility” and agree on a roadmap in four-way talks on Tuesday on how to implement last year’s ceasefire accord for eastern Ukraine, but dampened hopes for a breakthrough. …read more Source:...
Inside a virtual war: can video games recreate life in a conflict-ridden city?
This War of Mine follows civilians trying to survive in a war-torn city, telling a story that’s become increasingly poignant amid the current refugee crisisIn March 2014, a few months before the release of This War of Mine, the developers at 11 Bit Studios were discussing potential endings to their video game story of civilians trying to...
Ex-Ukraine leader in court as witness over deaths
Ukraine’s exiled president, Viktor Yanukovych, has denied ordering police to shoot protesters as he appeared in court as a witness via videolink from Russia. …read more Source: Sky...
Former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych court appearance
Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been questioned via video-link from Russia. …read more Source:...
