Section: KXAN (USA)
AP Interview: Fukushima chief says ‘no textbook’ for cleanup
TOKYO (AP) — The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candor: Nothing can be promised. How long will it take to decommission the three breached reactors, and how will it be accomplished, when not even robots have been able to enter the main...
The Latest: Kerry, Lavrov meet with Syria on agenda
MOSCOW (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local: 10:20 a.m. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has opened talks in Moscow with Russia’s foreign minister to try to narrow broad gaps on ways to end Syria’s civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine. Kerry was meeting his counterpart Sergey...
Kerry heads to Moscow for tough Syria, Ukraine talks
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Russia for talks aimed at narrowing gaps with Russian leaders over a political transition to end Syria’s civil war and restoring stability in eastern Ukraine. After spending last week at climate talks outside the French capital, Kerry leaves Paris on Monday for Moscow, where he...
Russia: UN’s Ukraine meeting shouldn’t discuss human rights
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine was delayed for nearly an hour and a half because Russia objected to discussing the human rights situation in the country’s separatist-controlled east and Crimea. Once Friday’s meeting began, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told council members that human rights...
Scuffles erupt at Ukraine’s parliament, PM dragged from post
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Scuffles involving several dozen lawmakers have erupted at Ukraine’s parliament after one deputy tried to drag the prime minister away from the rostrum. Arseniy Yatsenyuk was giving his report at the Supreme Rada on Friday when a deputy from the president’s party went up to the rostrum with a bunch of red roses....
AP Interview: Polish leader: Sanctions on Russia must remain
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new foreign minister says he welcomes the new cooperation between Russia and the West in the fight against the Islamic State group, but insists that Ukraine’s interests cannot be sacrificed as a reward to Moscow for those efforts. In an interview with The Associated Press, Witold Waszczykowski said...
Ukraine says its ready to help search for stolen Dutch art
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s police chief has promised to work with Netherlands to help find a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a provincial Dutch museum. Khatia Denakoidze told reporters Thursday her office is waiting for an official request from Dutch prosecutors, adding that Ukrainian police stand ready to welcome...
An instructor watches Denis, left, a Ukrainian soldier who was seriously injured during the anti-terrorist operations in Eastern Ukraine, playing with dolphins during a dolphin-therapy session at an aquarium in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Ukrainian movement “Alliance soldiers and volunteers” organizes sessions for the rehabilitation...
AP EXPLAINS: The rise of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, just a few weeks after she marked 10 years at the helm of Europe’s biggest economic power. Merkel, 61, is the European Union’s longest-serving head of government and has been a serial winner of Forbes magazine’s title of...
Belarus enjoys boost from selling Russians forbidden fruit
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As he fights an economic downturn in Belarus, the man often called “Europe’s last dictator,” longtime President Alexander Lukashenko, is getting a surprising boost. Following a rash of Russian bans on foreign products and services, Belarus is specializing in selling Russians a way round their own government’s...
