Putin says Moscow to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, first time since 1990s
Reuters Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outside the country. Putin made the announcement at a time of growing tensions with the West over the Ukraine war and as some Russian commentators […]
North Korea spent as much as $US642 million on nukes in 2021, report estimates
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea may have spent as much as $US642 million on its nuclear program last year, according to anti-nuclear activists, as the impoverished country appears ready to test a new weapon despite battling a COVID-19 outbreak and economic crisis. There is no confirmed data on North Korea’s nuclear spending, or the size […]
Church leaders celebrate awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN
Beatrice Fihn, ICAN executive director (right), and Setsuko Thurlow (centre), a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, receive the award at a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on Sunday. PICTURE: Albin Hillert/World Council of Churches Church leaders in Norway and around the world have celebrated the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the […]
ESSAY: WHY THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BRINGS LITTLE PEACE
Following the recent announcement that advocacy group, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, US academic RONALD R KREBS, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the impact of the prize on its recipients and the world…