Europe
Great Game for Arctic in Ukraine struggle?
At the NATO summit called in response to the Ukraine escalation, a particularly hard line is being taken by Canada—now in a race with Russia to claim Arctic oil resources.
Tag: nuclear threat
Iraq
ISIS seize nuclear, chemical materials: reports
Iraq's government warned the UN that ISIS militants have seized nuclear materials from a Mosul research facility and chemical agents from a stockpile outside Baghdad.
Europe
Cold War time warp in Ukraine coverage
While claiming to withdraw troops from Ukriane's borders, Russia conducted military maneuvers that included nuclear missile tests—as NATO sends a special delegation to Kiev.
East Asia
Taiwan: anti-nuke action gets the goods
As thousands of protesters blocked a main traffic artery in Taipei and clashed with police, Taiwan's government agreed to halt work on two nuclear reactors.
Europe
Will Ukraine ‘go nuclear’? Looking scarier…
As Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns of "World War III," Moscow and Kiev mass troops on their shared border, and the US sends more forces to the Baltics.
Europe
Will Ukraine ‘go nuclear’?
NATO maneuvers in the Black Sea—just across from Crimea—come as Ukrainian lawmakers threaten to seek nuclear weapons if the West does not act against Russia.
East Asia
Taiwan: 100,000 march against nuclear power
Some 100,000 across Taiwan marked the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster by taking to the streets to demand an end to nuclear power in the island nation.
Africa
Nelson Mandela: forgotten history
Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 thanks to CIA intelligence, and only removed from the US "terrorist watch list" in 2008—15 years after his Nobel Peace Prize.
Iran
Iran agrees to limit nuclear program
The P5+1 world powers reached an agreement with Tehran committing Iran to limiting its developing nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.
East Asia
Fukushima: the greatest danger comes now…
As nuclear boosters tout a dubious WHO study finding minimal excess cancer risks from the Fukushima disaster, TEPCO's new phase in the clean-up holds even greater peril.
The Andes
Bolivia ready for nuclear power: Evo Morales
At a “Hydrocarbon Sovereignty” conference in Tarija, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said his country has achieved the conditions to obtain nuclear power for “pacific ends.”
South Asia
Anti-nuclear protesters lose in India, win in China
The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India went online despite years of angry protests—while a single, rare protest halted the Longwan nuclear power project in China.