Tag: Nuclear

Thousands Protest on New Year’s Eve and Day in China

Protests spark in China for New Year’s—this time over restrictions on how people can celebrate. Funeral homes in Shanghai are overwhelmed by China’s COVID-19 surge. But some scalpers are profiting off the situation. Despite the virus spread, some Chinese citizens in major cities are attempting to return to normalcy. More countries are placing restrictions on…


Pakistan Says It Has Provided List of Nuclear Facilities to India Under Annual Practice

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan said it had handed a list of its nuclear installations and facilities to the Indian mission in Islamabad on Sunday under a decades-old agreement between the two nuclear-armed rivals. The neighbours have fought three wars and have had a number of military skirmishes in recent years. Last year an Indian missile accidentally landed in…


Nuclear Fusion ‘Breakthrough’ Touted by White House, Drawing Praise and Some Skepticism

It was 1:03 a.m. on Dec. 5 that experimental physicist Alex Zylstra first spotted it: for the first time, a target yielded more energy from a fusion reaction than a laser put into it—though that’s not counting the much greater input energy that was needed to power the laser in the first place. “One of…


Scholz: Risk of Russia Using Nuclear Weapons Has Diminished, for Now

BERLIN—The risk of Russian President Vladimir President Putin using nuclear weapons as part of his war in Ukraine has decreased in response to international pressure, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. The war was continuing with “undiminished brutality” though, for now, one thing had changed, Scholz told Funke media in an interview published on Thursday to…


China May Have Deployed More Long-Range Nuclear Warheads Than US: Congressional Letter

News Analysis China likely has more nuclear warheads equipped to its long-range missiles than the United States, as indicated by the disclosure of a classified briefing made to Congress by the Pentagon’s top nuclear commander. Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, notified Congress that China’s military had surpassed the United States in at…


3 Energy Companies Vying to Build New Czech Nuclear Reactor

PRAGUE—Three energy companies including U.S. Westinghouse, France’s EdF, and Korea’s KHNP will by vying to build the Czech Republic’s newest reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power station, authorities said Wednesday, as the country strives to become more energy independent and wean itself of fossil fuels. State-controlled power company CEZ says final bids for the contract…


Rare Protests Erupt Across China, Residents Demand Xi Jinping Step Down

Protests are sweeping across China, with crowds demanding the communist regime and its leader step down. Protesters are fed up with Beijing’s zero-COVID-19 policies. Does China believe it’s a good time to invade Taiwan as an attempt to distract citizens’ anger at the regime? Taiwan responds. Canada is unveiling its Indo-Pacific strategy. The long-awaited plan…


US and Israel Agree to Accelerate ‘Operational Plans’ Against Iran

The United States and Israel have agreed that “operational plans against Iran” must be accelerated as the country continues to advance its nuclear program. Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), met with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and other senior Washington officials…


‘Close Call’ in Shelling Near Nuclear Reactor on Ukraine’s Frontline

KYIV—Ukraine narrowly escaped disaster during fighting at the weekend that rocked Europe’s largest atomic power plant with a barrage of shells, some falling near reactors and damaging a radioactive waste storage building, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said. Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame for at least a dozen explosions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power…


Recklessly Charging Towards Renewable Energy Could Be Detrimental

Commentary Australia Energy Minister Chris Bowen left the country on the weekend to attend COP27 at the luxurious location of Sharm-el-Sheik on the Red Sea, Egypt. Leaving aside the huge carbon emissions just for getting himself there, one would have thought that presiding over the steepest rise in energy prices since records began should be…