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Caption: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the Masikryong ski competition-2016 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 20, 2016. KCNA via REUTERS

US-Korean Escalation, Political Skirmishes or Imminent Nuclear War?

by Najlaa Habriri | Aug 10, 2017 | World

London- Skirmishes between the US and North Korea leaders proceeded during the past days and words such as “fire” and “fury” replaced “economic sanctions” and “international isolation”, in an escalation that some saw might take a military approach. North Korea said on...

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The hair-raising cost of energy security. Photographer: JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images

The U.K.’s Nuclear Gamble

by Mark Gilbert | Sep 17, 2016 | Opinion

The U.K. government had to perform two distinct calculations in deciding to proceed with building a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, one political and one economic. The political reckoning was always going to argue strongly against abandoning the project. The...

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A tractor mows a field on the site where EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station will be constructed in Bridgwater, southwest England October 24, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

UK Still Seeks “Close Ties with China” Despite Delaying Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 1, 2016 | Business

Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed final approval of building Hinkley Point, Britain’s first nuclear plant in decades, due to concerns about China’s involvement in the project. May’s predecessor David Cameron drew up the plan in which French utility...

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A handout picture taken on February 10, 2015 and released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (3-R) and visiting Russian President Vladamir Putin (3-L) watching on as officials sign a statement of memorandum following a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP Photo/Egyptian Presidency/HO)

Russia signs deal to build new Egyptian nuclear plant

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Feb 11, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Russia will help Egypt build its first nuclear power plant, the leaders of both countries said on Tuesday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up a two-day official visit to the Egyptian capital. At a joint press conference, Egyptian...

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A protester holds aloft an anti-nuclear power plant sign as they stage a rally at a park in Tokyo, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Thousands in Japan Anti-Nuclear Protest Two Years After Fukushima

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Thousands of protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday calling on the government to shun nuclear power, a day before the second anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world’s worst atomic disaster in 25 years. Japan...