Day: May 21, 2015

May 21, 2015 By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours   Malaysia has ordered its navy to search the waters off its coast for stranded migrants, after thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims…

Animal spirits hit the art world last week when Christie’s and Sotheby’s raised nearly $2bn from sales, including new records for Picasso and Giacometti. One marvelled at the brilliant interplay of light…

Twenty seven delegates from 22 Member States gained practical information and knowledge on IAEA-developed methodology for evaluating the status of their respective national nuclear infrastructure at a workshop organized by the IAEA…

The control room of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, Phase 1, China. (Photo: P.Pavlicek/IAEA) In most countries the nuclear safety infrastructure is diverse and complex, because nuclear technologies are used in various…

A dangerous game of human pingpong is underway in the Adaman Sea between Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim minority primarily from Myanmar, are adrift at sea. Until…

Parliament passed three resolutions on Thursday, calling for Zimbabwean human rights activist Itai Dzarana to be found immediately; the release of all political prisoners in Swaziland; protection for Rohingya asylum seekers and…

With no peace process to speak of, the fighting in South Sudan has escalated in recent weeks. “Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed on Tuesday when two mortar…