Every nuclear reactor is a balancing act, where fuel rods are carefully kept just close enough together to generate the heat needed to generate electricity, while being continually monitored to prevent overheating, which would melt the fuel. This requires continuous cooling and a highly trained staff. The reactors themselves are covered with a steel shell and a heavy layer of concrete, expressly designed to withstand projectiles and plane crashes, and meant to contain the heat of the fuel melting down in a disaster. The Chornobyl reactors lacked this level of protection, which led to the open-air release of radioactive material.Ukraine…
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Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – “No, there is no difference today,” Jerson said as he peered through the gaps of the Mexican border wall on Friday morning. For days, it had been the same: Hundreds of people from countries including Haiti, Colombia, Brazil, Turkey and Afghanistan have been stranded between two tall walls that slice across the land. Across one wall is Tijuana, Mexico. And across the other is the district of San Ysidro, part of the United States city of San Diego. On May 9, Jerson, a 36-year-old from Colombia, and his 16-year-old son Bryan climbed over the Mexican…
Harry Tector’s career-best 140 came in vain for Ireland as they lost a high-scoring ODI thriller to Bangladesh by three wickets at Chelmsford.Tector’s fourth hundred in his last nine one-day internationals propelled Ireland to 319-6 in a game reduced to 45 overs a side following earlier rain, before Bangladesh reached their target with three balls to spare. Tector, 23, plundered 10 sixes – the most by an Irishman in an ODI innings – during his 113-ball knock, while George Dockrell struck four maximums in his unbeaten 74 from 47 deliveries.Ireland reduced Bangladesh to 40-2 in the reply before Najmul Hossain…
MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and two assists as Canada downed co-host Latvia Friday in its opening game at the world men’s hockey championship. Lawson Crouse, Scott Laughton, Sammy Blais, Joe Veleno and Jack McBain also had goals as the Canadians spread the scoring around. “I do not really know how I would have drawn it up, but it is such an honour to wear this jersey and represent my country,” said Weegar, who made his Team Canada debut on Friday. “This game will help build some confidence among our group. A lot of guys were able to help contribute…
Elsewhere in the world, mudslides blanketed Japan’s town of Atami in Shizuoka prefecture, entire villages were inundated by torrential downpours in Western Germany, and a wildfire destroyed Canada’s town of Lytton.Some of these disasters pose real risks of physical harm to kids. Take extreme heat and heat waves: Pregnant people, babies, and young kids are all more vulnerable to heat than older kids and most adults because their bodies aren’t as good at cooling and staying that way. Studies even show that an unborn child’s exposure to extreme heat while in the womb could result in negative health outcomes later,…
Antakya, Turkey – Ali Bilgin stayed behind in Antakya after devastating earthquakes on February 6 triggered an exodus from the city in southern Turkey. The human rights lawyer pitched tents outside his damaged home in a southern suburb and has been fixing the damage himself. Some of his guests remain fearful of entering homes, but he was recently able to get up to the roof of the two-floor detached house and enjoy a view of the city. Ahead of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, he has been training volunteers to work as election observers at polling stations…
The Toronto Raptors front office met with Spain national team coach Sergio Scariolo while they search for a new head coach, according to Spanish outlet Marca. Marca journalist Jesus Sanchez reported that Raptors president Masai Ujiri and general manger Bobby Webster flew to Italy to meet Scariolo, who also coaches Italian side Virtus Bologna, at the Majestic Hotel in Bologna on Thursday. Scariolo served as an assistant under Nick Nurse in Toronto from 2018-21. The 62-year-old Italian left his position with the Raptors to take on a head coaching role with Virtus, where he has since won two Italian Supercups…
The devastation Russia’s war has wrought is not lost on Vitaliy.“But we do our job because it’s our job and our duty,” he said, referring to the Hippocratic oath by which medical professionals abide. “And, of course, after they recover we can exchange them. So I tell myself that this can help to get Ukrainian soldiers back.”Both Russia and Ukraine have taken prisoners of war since Putin’s invasion began 12 days ago. The Ukrainian side has captured at least 245 Russian troops, according to a website affiliated with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Kyiv…
Favourite backers were made to sweat before eventually collecting their winnings as Point Lonsdale toughed out victory in the IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Huxley Stakes at Chester.Successful in four of his five juvenile starts two years ago, the Australia colt only made it to the racecourse once as a three-year-old, finishing down the field in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. However, having proved his talent remains intact with a comeback victory in the Group Three Alleged Stakes at the Curragh last month, he was a 5-6 shot to give trainer Aidan O’Brien a fourth Huxley Stakes win and…
Underground I found Pete Kiehart, a photographer working with BuzzFeed News, and Isobel Koshiw, a fixer and reporter on our team. They had gathered their things and were already scanning news reports and social media to see what was unfolding. It was jarring to see them there, having spent the previous evening celebrating a good reporting week with cocktails and steaks. Before turning in and because I had used up all my reporter’s notebooks, I visited a stationery shop, where a young girl pleaded with her mother to buy her a pen with a teddy bear on it.It was the…