August 2022 – Page 45

Ukraine and Russia promise to allow UN nuclear plant visit amid fears of disaster

August 8, 2022

Both sides have accused the other of blocking visit by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency

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August 8, 2022

Source : © European Union, 2022 – EP

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August 8, 2022

Source : © European Union, 2022 – EP

Agreement on Iran nuclear deal within reach — but obstacles remain

August 8, 2022

VIENNA — Indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal are expected to conclude Monday in Vienna, putting the final draft of an agreement in front of negotiators from Washington and Tehran. Western officials told POLITICO on Monday that they had finished negotiating technical questions that had remained open in the […]

U.N. Chief Warns Against ‘Suicidal’ Attacks on Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

August 8, 2022

The remarks by António Guterres came two days after he called for global nuclear disarmament at a commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

Hard times ahead but Germany says it will stick by Ukraine

August 8, 2022

‘It is clear that we stand firmly on the side of Ukraine,’ says Berlin

Beluga whale stranded in Seine still alive but now stationary, NGO says

August 8, 2022

A malnourished beluga whale that has swum up France’s River Seine is no longer progressing but is still alive, environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday.

Gerhard Schröder survives move to boot him from Germany’s Social Democrats

August 8, 2022

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will not be kicked out of the Social Democrats (SPD), despite his business links to Russian energy companies and personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. An internal SPD arbitration committee on Monday rejected a move to expel the controversial ex-chancellor, saying he had “not been guilty of a violation […]

The genocide in Ukraine cannot become ordinary

August 8, 2022

Though Russia’s war against Ukraine is contained on Ukrainian soil, it would be naïve to interpret the framing of this war as a conflict between just two sovereign nations. Russia’s war on Ukraine is a war upon fundamental and basic universal human values. More specifically, the right of individuals to live in dignity and peace, […]

Head of Ukraine’s nuclear authority calls for UN peacekeepers at Zaporizhzhia plant

August 8, 2022

The head of Ukraine’s nuclear authority Energoatom called on Monday for UN peacekeepers to be sent to the Zaporizhzhia power plant. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports.