Month: August 2022

UN Team on Way to Assess Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant  

Fears of radiation leaks remain at Zaporizhzhia, but International Atomic Energy Agency says Ukraine reports the facility remains operational The head of the U.N.’s atomic energy agency said it has a team on the way to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, situated near the front line of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi tweeted that he is leading the team that will be at the power plant “later this week.” “We must protect the safety and security of #Ukraine’s and Europe’s biggest nuclear facility,” Grossi said. The IAEA said the mission will …

READ MORE

Delaware Veteran Receives France’s Highest Honor

Ernest Marvel has a case full of medals in his Frankford home. He was awarded his most recent addition, the French Legion of Honor, in July — almost 80 years after he helped liberate the country from the Germans in World War II. Marvel, now 98, has rarely left the Bethany Beach area, save for the war. “I’m a home boy,” he said. He speaks fondly of his family. His garden is his pride and joy. He likes to dance and sing karaoke on the weekends at the local VFW and Eagles Club. But Marvel also holds dark memories of …

READ MORE

Turkey Says Greek Missiles Locked on Its Fighters Over Med

 Greek surface-to-air missiles locked on to Turkish F-16 fighter jets carrying out a reconnaissance mission in international airspace, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday. The allegation is the latest claim from Turkey that its neighbor and fellow NATO member Greece has been targeting its aircraft above the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. The radar of a Greek S-300 missile system based on the island of Crete locked on to the Turkish jets on Aug. 23, Anadolu reported, citing Defense Ministry sources. The F-16s were at an altitude of 10,000 feet to the west of Greece’s Rhodes island when the …

READ MORE

Austria Backs EU Cap to End ‘Madness’ of Runaway Power Prices

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer backs a European Union-wide cap on runaway electricity prices, he said in a statement issued by his office Sunday.   Austria’s conservative-led government was initially skeptical at the idea of capping power prices, but it has warmed to the idea as they have continued to rise in line with soaring gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We must finally stop the madness that is taking place in energy markets. And that can only happen through a European solution,” the statement quoted Nehammer as saying, adding that he would seek to convince holdouts in the bloc. …

READ MORE

Hundreds of Migrants Reach Italian Shores Over Weekend 

Italian authorities scrambled Sunday to relieve overcrowding in shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000 migrants reached Italy’s southern shores and two of its tiny islands over the weekend. Nearly 50 boats arrived between Friday night and Saturday on Lampedusa island off Sicily, according to state radio and other Italian media. Other boats carrying migrants reached Pantelleria, another tiny island favored by vacationers. Hundreds of migrants stepped ashore from the virtual flotilla of smugglers’ vessels on those islands. Several of the vessels launched by migrant smugglers held as few as eight passengers. But others had around …

READ MORE

In Germany, the Stuttering Bid to Jumpstart Coal Plants 

A year after the last wisps of smoke disappeared into the skies from the imposing chimneys of the Moorburg coal plant, hopes had grown that the mothballed site would see new life as Germany scrambles to secure energy supplies. Russia’s curtailing of gas exports to Germany in the wake of the Ukraine war has forced Berlin to make the radical decision to restart coal power stations, at least temporarily. But infrastructure issues, manpower shortages and logistical problems are proving to be major obstacles for the restart. At Moorburg, operator Vattenfall has dashed hopes of new operations, saying simply that “restarting …

READ MORE

Андрющенко заявляє про «стриманий оптимізм» у питанні проведення «трибуналу» в Маріуполі

Радник мера Маріуполя припускає, що суспільний тиск, міжнародна реакція та позиція керівництва України змусили окупантів взяти «оперативну паузу» у питанні «трибуналу» …

READ MORE

Popes Who Resign Are Humble, Francis Says in Central Italy Visit 

Pope Francis, who has often said he may step down in the future if bad health impedes him from leading the Catholic Church, on Sunday praised the humility of one of the few popes in history to resign willingly instead of ruling for life. L’Aquila, a central Italian city which Francis visited briefly, is the burial place of Celestine V, who resigned as pope in 1294 after only five months to return to his life as a hermit, establishing a papal prerogative. Pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in about 600 years to resign willingly, visited …

READ MORE

Dutch Police: 6 Dead after Truck Hit Community Barbecue

The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam rose to six Sunday and police said a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition. Police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers said the truck driver, a 46-year-old Spanish man, is suspected of causing the accident that happened early Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland. The large truck the man was driving left a small rural road and careered down the bank of the dike and plowed into the village gathering. Boers said …

READ MORE