U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said diplomatic efforts to set up the nuclear safety and security protection zone are progressing and he hopes to soon reach agreement and put the much-needed measures into place.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reported making progress in his bid to create a protection zone around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Friday that diplomatic efforts to set up the nuclear safety and security protection zone around Zaporizhzhya are making headway, with the aim of reaching an agreement and put the much-needed measure into practice soon.
The U.N. agency's report last month concluded that Japan's plans were consistent with international safety standards.
But the U.N. agency says any detonation of the mines should not affect the site’s nuclear safety and security systems.
The biennial report noted the erosion of nuclear security coincides with growing nuclear security dangers and alarming increases in stockpiles of weapons-usable nuclear materials.
The weapons are banned under a Geneva-based treaty adopted by 111 nations, but not the U.S., Ukraine or Russia. Certain types are still permitted if they can self-destruct.
Football's governing body will mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup in Uruguay, where the first was held in 1930.
A new report says the world's marketplace appears to be growing at a modest rate that's defined as a global recession.
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa said the health leader was "targeted by an Ethiopian government investigation that appears to have been politically motivated."
“The path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked," said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
