Posts Tagged ‘Atomic’
80 Years On, Korean Survivors Of WWII Atomic Bombs Still Suffer
Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped “Little Boy”, the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Like thousands of other ethnic Koreans working in the city at the time, her family kept the horror a secret. Many feared the stigma from doing menial work for colonial ruler Japan, and…
Read MoreJapan’s Atomic Bomb Survivors To Accept Nobel Prize In Oslo
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be presented Tuesday to Japan’s atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo, which lobbies against the weapons now resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The three co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo will accept the prestigious award during a ceremony starting at 1:00 pm (1200 GMT)…
Read MoreJapanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group Nihon Hidankyo Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha. The group, founded in 1956, received the honour “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony…
Read MoreUN’s Atomic Agency Being Held ‘Hostage’ In Iran, Director Says
Iran is barely cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency which feels it is being held “hostage” to the country’s disputes with Western countries, IAEA director general Rafael Grossi told AFP on Thursday. Grossi also said the situation at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Zaporizhzhia was “extremely worrying”, even if there are no signs…
Read MoreNuclear Power Has Role To Play, Atomic Energy Head Tells AFP At COP28
It would be a mistake to reject nuclear power because of problems at a handful of projects, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an interview with AFP. Grossi was speaking at the COP28 conference in Dubai, where on Saturday a group of large countries are expected to call for nuclear…
Read MoreNetanyahu Condemns Israeli Minister’s Atomic Bomb Remarks
Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel has condemned the statement made by heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu, who said that dropping an atomic bomb is a possible option in the Gaza Strip. In a recent tweet on X, the prime minister’s office of Israel said that the country is waging war against Hamas in accordance with…
Read MoreUS Conducts Nuke Test In Nevada After Russia Revoked Ban on Atomic Weapon Testing
The United States conducted a high-explosive experiment at a nuclear test site in Nevada In a response to Russia’s recent decision to lift a ban on atomic-weapons testing. Moscow’s move was aimed at putting itself on equal footing with the United States in terms of nuclear testing capabilities. The experiment took place on Wednesday and…
Read MoreNagasaki Mayor Calls For End Of Nuclear Weapons On 78th Anniversary Of City’s Atomic Bombing
Survivors and a handful of foreign dignitaries attend the 76th anniversary of Nagasaki’s destruction by a US atomic bomb JIJI PRESS / STR KEY POINTS Mayor Shiro Suzuki urged the abolishment of nuclear weapons on the 78th anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing His remarks came months after G7 industrial powers issued a joint statement…
Read MoreLukashenko Warns Using Nuclear Weapons Stronger Than Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Against ‘Aggression’
AFP KEY POINTS Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko insisted that his country wants to prevent a nuclear conflict Lukashenko said deploying Russian nuclear weapons to his country acts as a deterrence The Belarusian leader said there’s no need to deploy long-range nuclear weapons for now Ahead of Russia’s deployment of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus…
Read MoreTrump Says Russia, US Nuclear Weapons ‘500’ Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
Reuters KEY POINTS Donald Trump said the U.S. and Russia’s current nuclear weapons are more powerful than the bombs used in WWII He claimed nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to humanity, not climate change Trump warned that all it takes is “one madman” to plunge the world into nuclear abyss Former President Donald Trump…
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