Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 provided Europe with a wake-up call that it needed to pump more into defense to be able to confront the threat of its bellicose eastern neighbor.

BERLIN, GERMANY - Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce...

At a time when many Western countries are ramping up nuclear power in their transition to greener energy sources, Europe's biggest economy is resolutely sticking to its plans -- though not everyone is in agreement. Germany has been looking to phase out nuclear power since 2002, but the decision was...

UN head Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world faced "a nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War" . In January, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France -- had pledged to prevent the further...

What Ai Weiwei calls the current "crisis of human rights and freedom of speech" is portrayed in a life-size replica of the cell where he was held after his 2011 arrest by the Chinese police.

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 bn marks' worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500-square-metre nuclear bunker beneath the town. of Cochem.

Xi's call came hours after China and the United States announced a surprise pact to accelerate climate action at a summit in Glasgow.