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An expert team from the United Nations nuclear agency plan to stay at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) after gaining long-awaited access to the site on Thursday. “We are not going anywhere. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is now there, it is at the plant and it is not moving – it’s going to stay there,”…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "Putin's work schedule will not allow him to take part in the farewell ceremony for Gorbachev on September 3," adding that the Russian President visited the Central Clinical Hospital today to pay his respects to Gorbachev, laying flowers by the coffin.A farewell ceremony for Gorbachev, which will be open to the…

Outage for maintenance on Nord Stream 1 pipelineNo flows to Germany 0100 GMT, Aug. 31 - 0100 GMT, Sept. 3European governments fear Moscow could extend the outageGerman regulator: we are saving gas, must keep doing soSiemens Energy: not involved in maintenance workFRANKFURT/LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Russia halted gas supplies via Europe's key…

Battle for Kherson heats up as Russia sends military convoys to the cityPro-Ukraine volunteers from Chechnya train near Kyiv over the weekend. The Zelenskyy government has displayed growing confidence in recent weeks, increasingly taking the initiative in a conflict that the Kremlin itself has admitted is stalled.Genya Savilov | Afp | Getty…

KYIV (AP) — A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday started its journey to the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plantat the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited mission to inspect crucial safety systems that the world hopes will help avoid a catastrophe.Offsetting that rare ray of hope, Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of…

Concern about the potential for a radiation leak at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is persisting. Ukraine’s state energy operator has warned there are “risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances” at the Russian-occupied plant. Authorities were distributing iodine tablets to residents who live near the plant in case…

TOKYO (AP) — The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abewith a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence.But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details have emerged about an alleged assassin who was well-off until his mother’s huge donations to the…

A gas cooker is seen in Boroughbridge, northern England November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterPrice cap for 24 million households to rise from OctoberEven higher prices expected in JanuaryRegulator calls for urgent government intervention'This is a national emergency,' Labour…

The Yangtze, Asia’s largest river and a crucial part of China's economy, has seen its water levels fall rapidly amid a drought and record-breaking heat wave.This has revealed three ancient Buddhist statues atop a normally submerged island in the Chongqing area in the country's southwest. The relics feature three monk-like figures sitting and…

Comment on this storyCommentA superyacht sank off the southern coast of Italy over the weekend in a spectacular capsizing captured on video and shared on Twitter by the Italian coast guard.The video compilation shows the My Saga, a roughly 130-foot vessel, struggling against the waves before slowly sinking into the water.The yacht was sailing…