Section: U.S. News (USA)
A look at the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in numbers
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Telling the story of Chernobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they’re still unknown. A look at numbers that hint at the scope of the world’s worst nuclear accident, the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April...
Test Reveals Radioactive Chernobyl Residue in Milk From Belarus
Fallout from the April 26, 1986, explosion at the plant in neighboring Ukraine continues to taint life in Belarus. …read more Source: U.S....
US flies F-22s to Romania as show of strength to Russia
CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has flown in two F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania as a show of strength to deter Russian intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
3 people killed in eastern Ukraine amid renewed fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine president: Sanctions against Russia must remain
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ukraine’s president says sanctions against Russia must stay in place as long as hostilities in eastern Ukraine still continue. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s president bans Russian movies
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula. …read more Source: U.S....
Reformers to lead 2 key Ukrainian state companies
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government has appointed two Western-educated executives to lead the country’s two key state-owned companies. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine claims deal with Russia to release pilot Savchenko
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s president says he has reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to release a jailed Ukrainian pilot. …read more Source: U.S....
Obama-Putin discuss need to implement Ukraine peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have spoken by telephone, and the White House says they spent much of the call discussing Ukraine, with Obama urging Putin to abide by a 2015 agreement aimed at ending the conflict. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine convicts 2 captured Russian servicemen of terrorism
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian court has convicted two Russian servicemen captured last year of terrorism and waging a war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
