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The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster unfolded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what is now northern Ukraine. After one of the plant’s reactors exploded during a test ...

In an update on Thursday at 17:00 local time, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant operator said thermal imaging monitoring of the New Safe Confinement was continuing and parts of the exterior cut into ...

Her book, Voices from Chernobyl, consists of a series of monologues and is a record of the oral history of the people of Belarus, those who were scarred by the event – knowingly or unknowingly.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A high wind warning is in effect in parts of Massachusetts today as gusts are expected to reach up to 60 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service's Boston office. Central ...

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy, W.W. Norton & Company, 240 pages, $29.99 The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic ...

New weather maps have turned a deep red as they predict a storm carrying a chaotic mix of snow, rain and wind will make landfall in the UK in a matter of days. Charts show an Atlantic storm ...

PARTS of the UK will be battered by wind and rain tomorrow with forecasters warning of "dangerous" conditions and potential power cuts. Yellow warnings have been issued for wind in coastal areas ...