Aug 30 1st ship carrying grain from Ukraine reaches Djibouti By Cara Anna, Associated Press The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the hungriest parts of the world has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti as areas of East Africa are badly affected by deadly drought and conflict. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 8:14 A look at the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, final leader of the Soviet Union By Amna Nawaz, Morgan Till The last leader of the Soviet Union has died at the age of 91. Mikhail Gorbachev passed away in Moscow on Tuesday after a long illness. He took power in 1985 and introduced sweeping reforms, but he could not prevent… Continue watching
Aug 30 Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of Soviet Union and 'perestroika' reform efforts, dies at 91 By Larisa Epatko As leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Gorbachev introduced a policy of greater transparency of government institutions and freedom of information. Continue reading
Aug 30 Ukraine claims new counter-attacks on Russian-held territory By Paul Byrne, Associated Press A surge in fighting on the southern front line and Ukrainian claims of new attacks on Russian positions is feeding speculation that a counteroffensive has started to try to turn the tide of the war. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 5:28 News Wrap: Some Mar-a-Lago documents may be protected by attorney-client privilege In our news wrap Monday, some documents seized from former President Trump's home may be protected by attorney-client privilege, a judge in Georgia ordered Republican Governor Brian Kemp to testify before a grand jury on alleged attempts by Trump to… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 8:42 Fighting in southern Ukraine raises concerns over nuclear plant occupied by Russian forces By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive to retake territory in the south currently occupied by Russian invaders. Fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has raised concerns that the facility could be damaged in the crossfire. Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear… Continue watching
Aug 29 U.N. watchdog to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant occupied by Russia By Paul Byrne, Associated Press A U.N. nuclear watchdog team has set off on an urgent mission to safeguard the endangered Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine. Continue reading
Aug 28 Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks By Yesica Fisch, Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could damage the facility and cause a massive radiation leak. Russian forces… Continue reading
Aug 27 Ukraine, Russia trade more blame on shelling around embattled nuclear plant By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Concern about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant persisted as Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that Russian forces fired on areas just across the river and Russia claimed Ukrainian shelling hit a building where nuclear fuel is… Continue reading
Aug 27 Russia blocks final document approval at UN nuclear treaty conference By Edith Lederer, Associated Press Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an… Continue reading