The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has now entered its sixth day running on emergency diesel generators, deepening fears of a potential nuclear disaster.
The U.N. atomic watchdog’s chief, Rafael Grossi, said in a post on X on Monday that the plant has been without offsite power for six days. He added that he met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Warsaw to discuss the crisis and that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is working to help restore power.
External electricity was cut last Tuesday in what Greenpeace Ukraine described as the longest outage at the six-reactor facility since Russia seized it in 2022. The blackout has left the plant reliant on backup generators to cool reactor cores and spent fuel, with experts warning of risks comparable to Fukushima in 2011 if systems fail.
Ukraine’s Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said Russian shelling damaged the last transmission line linking the site to Ukraine’s grid, calling the loss of power a “significant violation” of safe operations and noting it was the tenth such incident since the invasion. Russia, however, insisted the facility has enough diesel reserves for continued generator use.
The Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine has been under Russian control since the early weeks of the war, with both Moscow and Kyiv repeatedly accusing each other of shelling the area.
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China is raising domestic petrol and diesel prices under temporary measures to manage a sharp surge in global oil costs, aiming to support fuel suppliers while maintaining market stability during a period of heightened volatility.
Russia launched drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday at Ukraine, killing at least three people, damaging houses and triggering fires, Ukrainian officials said.
The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that closed the airport, authorities and U.S. media said.
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Georgia bid farewell to Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II on Sunday (22 March). He was considered one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the country’s modern history.
Qatar has confirmed that seven people, including four of its military personnel and three Turkish nationals, were killed on Sunday (22 March) when a helicopter crashed in the country’s territorial waters.
The fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's comment saying he had productive talks with Iran continues. Tehran denies they have happened. Oil prices carry on rising with countries reacting. Follow the updates throughout the day.
Eurozone private sector growth almost stalled this month, a key survey showed on Tuesday, adding to evidence that the bloc is already feeling economic fallout from the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, with inflation rising and growth slowing.
China is raising domestic petrol and diesel prices under temporary measures to manage a sharp surge in global oil costs, aiming to support fuel suppliers while maintaining market stability during a period of heightened volatility.
Russia launched drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday at Ukraine, killing at least three people, damaging houses and triggering fires, Ukrainian officials said.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday (23 March) that Britain must plan for the possibility that the Iran war could continue for some time, and added that he had no "meaningful concerns" about energy supply.
Australia and the European Union signed a trade deal on Tuesday that was eight years in the making, removing tariffs for almost all European goods and for nearly all exports of Australian critical minerals.
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