ROME, April 26 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth’s resources as thieves who rob the world of a peaceful future, issuing a warning about the use of nuclear power on the anniversary of the Chornobyl reactor accident. Ukraine is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the world’s…
GENEVA, April 21 (Reuters) – The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. Here are the candidates so far running to take over from outgoing U.N. chief Antonio Guterres. Rafael Grossi, a 65-year-old career diplomat from Argentina, has been an omnipresent, hyperactive director general…
By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) – European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said. They worry Washington, eager to claim a diplomatic win for…
March 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran’s nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago. At a meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which is chaired this month by the…
VIENNA, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States joined Russia, China, and Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board denouncing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, diplomats said. The resolution, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors, is the…
The site of Ukraine’s defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant — partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown — lost power on Wednesday after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said. The UN’s atomic energy watchdog said the blackout affected the confinement structure housing the plant’s damaged reactor core, and that two emergency diesel generators were now supplying…
Japan has once again urged Hong Kong to immediately lift the restriction on aquatic imports from 10 prefectures, which has been in place for more than two years, saying the ban lacks scientific evidence and highlighting the safety of its food products. The Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong on Friday urged the city’s government…
TOKYO (AP) — Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima was delivered Saturday to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be reused in an effort to showcase its safety. This is the first soil to be used, aside from experiments, since the 2011 nuclear disaster when the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a cataclysmic…
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran plans to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, but stressed that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues. The new law stipulates that any future inspection of Iran’s nuclear sites by the International Atomic…
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