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The latest news on Chernobyl

Fighting around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has caused concern in Western capitals.

Ukraine nuclear boss says Russia may leave Zaporizhzhia plant

EuropeNovember 27, 2022

Nitesh Pal, a Ukrainian businessman of Indian origin, gave his children a surprise recently when he saw them for a few days when on a short trip to Turkey where he is gathering food and essential supplies for Ukraine. Photo: Nitesh Pal

Defiant Ukrainians vow to stay put six months after invasion began

EuropeAugust 25, 2022

A Russian soldier guards an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine. AP

West fears Russia will blow up Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

EuropeAugust 12, 2022

International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi at a news conference in Vienna on Friday. Reuters

UN atomic experts begin mission to Chernobyl next week

EuropeApril 01, 2022

The New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Reuters

All Russian forces leave Chernobyl site after radiation exposure

EuropeMarch 31, 2022

A safety structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at Chernobyl. Reuters

UN nuclear watchdog's alarm at shelling of Chernobyl workers' town

EuropeMarch 25, 2022

A New Safe Confinement structure over the old, damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Reuters

All Chernobyl staff who wanted to leave 'have been rotated out'

EuropeMarch 21, 2022

A worker at the defunct Chernobyl plant in 2016. AP Photo

Chernobyl nuclear plant halts contact with watchdog after Russian seizure

EuropeMarch 09, 2022

Ukraine’s State Regulatory Inspectorate reported that radiation levels inside the zone had spiked twenty-fold. Reuters

Chernobyl's unique ecosystem at risk after Russia seizes Ukrainian reactor site

WorldMarch 01, 2022

The entombed Chernobyl plant on the horizon behind the abandoned town of Pripyat. Reuters

Nuclear safety fears across Ukraine after Russia takes Chernobyl

EuropeFebruary 25, 2022

Sheikh Zayed visits Liwa and Delma Island, Abu Dhabi, 1979. Al Itihad

Special report: How the internal combustion engine is running out of road

TransportJune 04, 2021

Children read by solar powered lights while doing their school homework at night. Antonie Robertson / The National

How the Zayed Future Energy Prize helped to light up Malawi

EnvironmentJune 04, 2021

'Chernobyl' picked up seven awards at the 2020 Bafta TV Craft Awards. The series dramatised events surrounding the world's worst nuclear accident, which took place in 1986. Courtesy HBO

'Chernobyl' tops Bafta awards list with 14 nominations

TelevisionJune 04, 2020

In this photo taken from the roof of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant late Friday April 10, 2020, a forest fire is seen burning near the plant inside the exclusion zone. Ukrainian firefighters are labouring to put out two forest blazes in the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station that was evacuated because of radioactive contamination after the 1986 explosion at the plant. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

Chernobyl nuclear site threatened by massive wildfires

EuropeApril 14, 2020

Meet the dogs of Chernobyl with Airbnb's new virtual experiences. Courtesy Airbnb

Airbnb's new virtual experiences take you around the world

DestinationsApril 14, 2020

Bong Joon-ho attends the 72nd Annual Writers Guild Awards at Edison Ballroom on February 01, 2020 in New York City. AFP

Writers Guild Awards 2020: all the winners and red carpet action

FilmFebruary 02, 2020