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A view of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Photo by EPA/BGNES
An earthquake with a 4.4-point magnitude on the Richter scale has been registered in the area of the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
The shock was felt in seven prefectures in the northeastern and central parts of the Honshu Island. There are no reported injuries or material damage.
The epicenter is in the coastal area of the Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 20 kilometers. This was the fourth shock with a magnitude over 4 points in the last 24 hours.
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The political party Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) have proposed that Bulgaria consider joining the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron to extend France’s nuclear deterrence guarantees to other European countries.
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a keynote address on France’s nuclear strategy from a military base hosting the country’s ballistic missile submarines, outlining a significant update to the nation’s deterrence doctrine
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Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by issuing renewed nuclear threats against Ukraine and parts of Europe.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed that Croatia was the foreign state most actively involved in what he described as an attempted “color revolution” in Serbia
US President Donald Trump declared that Iran has been “totally defeated” following American airstrikes on Kharg Island, releasing video footage that he said shows the scale of the operation and the destruction inflicted on Iranian military assets.
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