U.S. authorities and critics split on whether untested technology has made nuclear shipments safer
The plutonium core for the first atomic weapon to be detonated, in 1945, was taken from Los Alamos National Laboratory to a test site in the New Mexico desert in the backseat of a U.S. Army sedan. Officials put other bomb parts inside a metal ...
What worked in the past may not work in the present, and tactics to rein in one country could prove disastrous if pursued with others.
North Korea demands Japan pay compensation over sinking of fishing boat
North Korea has “strongly demanded” Japan pay compensation for a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a Fisheries Agency patrol boat in the Sea of Japan.
A-bomb survivor Toshiki Fujimori urges nuclear haves and have-nots to join hands on abolition
Hibakusha Toshiki Fujimori called for nuclear states and non-nuclear states to cooperate on abolishing atomic weapons as a meeting on the subject was held at U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday. Fujimori, 75, assistant secretary-general at the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers ...
U.S. nuclear power and uranium mining industries hope for Trump bailout
A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going before President Donald Trump, as his administration studies reviving the U.S. uranium industry in the name of national security. Trump is scheduled to receive ...
North Korea exploits its advantages in talks with U.S.
Trump must disabuse the North Koreans of the notion that they can get a better deal from him if they refuse to engage seriously with his team.
North Korea criticizes upcoming U.N. Security Council meeting on SLBM, claiming U.S. behind move
North Korea on Monday denounced a scheduled U.N. Security Council discussion of its latest test of an underwater-launched ballistic missile, calling it "dangerous" and saying it will increase "our desire to defend our sovereignty." The council scheduled closed consultations Tuesday on recent North Korean tests ...
North Korea's top negotiator in just-resumed nuclear talks with the United States warned Monday of "terrible events" unless the United States comes to the negotiating table well prepared. Kim Myong Gil made the remark at Beijing airport on his way back to North Korea from ...
North Korea says nuclear talks with U.S. broke down; Washington expects progress in two weeks
North Korea's chief negotiator said Saturday that nuclear talks with the U.S. had broken down, but Washington maintained the two sides had "good discussions" in Sweden that it intends to build on in two weeks. The North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong Gil, said the talks ...
Trump says North Korea talks are going ahead despite missile test
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off North Korea's test of a sea-launched ballistic missile, saying that planned nuclear talks with Pyongyang will go ahead. "They want to talk and we'll be talking to them," Trump told reporters at the White House in his ...
North Korea said on Thursday it had successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile the day before to contain external threats and bolster its defenses ahead of fresh nuclear talks with the United States. The launch was the most provocative since North Korea resumed dialogue ...
Pope to stress anti-nuclear weapons message and meet with 3/11 survivors on trip to Japan
The trip from Nov. 23 to 26 will mark the first visit to the country by a pontiff in 38 years.
