Farewell Gorbachev, Ukraine's nuclear plant, UN Xinjiang report, Pakistan floods
When the war in Ukraine began, Vladimir Putin issued veiled threats of tactical nukes if the West got involved. Now the whole world is fretting over the risk of a nuclear accident, what with Europe's largest nuclear power plant on the front line of fighting. The worries persist, despite the Russians and Ukrainians allowing a team of UN inspectors to cross the Dnipro River and visit the Russian-controlled, Ukrainian-operated plant.


