The site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is about to become a solar farm.
30 years after disaster, Chernobyl powers up again
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, marking the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, leading to an explosion and the subsequent fire spewed a radioactive plume over much of northern Europe. (Mykola Lazarenko/ Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)
After hiding out with Amazon tribe, Ecuador journalist seeks asylum in Peru
Convicted of defaming President Rafael Correa under Ecuador’s harsh communications law, Fernando Villavicencio pays a hefty price for exposing information others want to suppress.
US has almost no ambassadors
Vice President Mike Pence hosts a swearing in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (C) at the Executive office in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX33A9L
A large number of senior State Department positions in Washington remain unfilled, including 181 of 188 ambassadorships.
Do today’s college students still value free speech?
A group of people hold protest signs outside Jorgensen Auditorium at Storrs, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. The group was protesting the appearance of conservative TV personality Ann Coulter who was going to be speaking at the auditorium. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Recent protests against conservative political pundits raise questions about whether today’s university students value the open exchange of ideas.
President Trump’s desire to cut refugees is also costing US jobs
In this Dec. 8, 2015 photo, Rena Garibyan, ELT Coordinator for College of Southern Idaho Refugee Programs, teaches recently resettled refugees in a classroom built inside a converted warehouse space in Twin Falls, Idaho. A refugee resettlement program in Twin Falls, Idaho, is facing opposition amid the national debate over the vetting of refugees fleeing war-torn Syria and more recently in the wake of the deadly attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
Hundreds have lost their positions in the US and abroad as people involved in resettling the newcomers find themselves out of a job.
Female fishermen hooked on the big catch
Chrifa Nimri, 69, fisherwoman, cleans her boat after returning from fishing at the seaport Sidi Bou Said, in Tunis, Tunisia February 22, 2017.Picture taken February 22, 2017 ."At the beginning of my fishing career all the world told me that the trade was for men but now all my colleagues respect and call me captain," Chrifa said. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RTS11ZPN
Worldwide, a small female minority flourishes in the male-dominated profession of commercial fishing.