Section: KXAN (USA)
Fukushima 4-year-old missing in Japan thyroid-cancer records
TOKYO (AP) — A child diagnosed with thyroid cancer after the Fukushima nuclear accident is missing from government checkup records, an aid group said Friday, raising questions about the thoroughness and transparency of the screenings. Japanese authorities have said that among the 184 confirmed and suspected cases of thyroid cancer in Fukushima,...
Putin: Criticism of Russia protest arrests is ‘interference’
MOSCOW (AP) — In the wake of Russia’s largest outbreak of anti-government demonstrations in years, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday indicated authorities won’t be cowed by protesters or Western criticism. Police arrested hundreds of people Sunday in scores of unsanctioned protest rallies against government corruption that took...
Cheney blasts Russia’s alleged interference in US election
NEW DELHI (AP) — Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has criticized Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, calling it a hostile act. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a serious attempt to interfere in the 2016 election and other democratic processes in America, Cheney said. “In some quarters, that would be...
NATO, Russia ambassadors to meet to resolve differences
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ambassadors from NATO and Russia will meet this week for the first time this year in a fresh attempt to resolve some of their differences. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement Tuesday that a NATO-Russia Council — their main forum for dialogue — would be held at the military alliance’s Brussels...
Poland’s defense minister welcomes NATO troops
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish defense minister has welcomed a multinational NATO battalion to Poland made up of troops from the United States, Britain and Romania, saying the deployment improves the region’s security given the “threat from the East.” Antoni Macierewicz welcomed the U.S.-led battalion in a ceremony Tuesday in the central...
1 killed as large fire rips through Ukraine military arsenal
MOSCOW (AP) — A woman has died in an enormous fire at a Ukrainian munitions dump in the country’s Kharkiv region near the Russian border. The body of the 66-year old woman was found in a house that had been hit by a shell in a town near the depot in Balaklia, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service minister Mykola Chechetkin told lawmakers...
Le Pen urges Russia and France to unite in Moscow visit
MOSCOW (AP) — French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has urged Russia and France to unite, during a visit to Russia less than a month before French elections. Le Pen said as she visited the lower house of the Russian parliament that Russia and France should work together to save the world from globalism and Islamic fundamentalism,...
Ukraine ex-finance minister to oversee Puerto Rico crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances amid a dire economic crisis announced Thursday that it appointed Ukraine’s former finance minister as its executive director. The board’s chairman said Natalie Jaresko served during a critical time in Ukraine’s history from 2014 to 2016...
20,000 evacuated after fire at military arsenal in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say around 20,000 people have been evacuated in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia after a massive fire at a military ammunition depot. Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor, Anatolii Matios, said on Facebook that the blaze, which erupted early Thursday at the depot in Balaklia, was sparked...
Romania to send 120 air defense troops to Poland
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president says the country will send 120 air defense troops to support NATO’s presence in Poland amid unease about Russia’s interventions in Ukraine. Speaking after a meeting of the country’s top defense council, President Klaus Iohannis said Tuesday said the troops would be deployed for...
