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Chernobyl's Radioactive Wild Boar Paradox
After the Chernobyl Disaster, researchers have been studying the movement of radioactive contamination all over central Europe. Fortunately, that radioactive contamination is decreasing in just about every living thing, except for one...
TED Talks
TED: How to design for dignity during times of war | Slava Balbek
What happens when architecture meets empathy? Through the challenges of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, architect and humanitarian Slava Balbek, who volunteers part-time on the front lines, highlights the importance of designing for...
TED Talks
TED: What the world can learn from Ukraine's fight for democracy | Olesya Khromeychuk
A flourishing democracy next door is a scary thing for an autocrat, says Ukrainian historian Olesya Khromeychuk. Detailing the history of Ukraine's long struggle for sovereignty and freedom — against Russian tsars, communist dictators...
TED Talks
TED: The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine | Oleksandra Matviichuk
How do we defend people's freedom and dignity against authoritarianism, when the "law of war" doesn't seem to apply anymore? In the face of the Russian occupation of Ukraine, human rights lawyer and Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk...
TED Talks
TED: The renewable energy revolution happening in Ukraine | Maxim Timchenko
What's it like keeping the lights on during war? Ukrainian energy executive Maxim Timchenko shares how his company has diversified Ukraine's power structures to survive Russian attacks, highlighting the resilience of renewable energy....
TED Talks
TED: War, AI and the new global arms race | Alexandr Wang
Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we're at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will be the secret weapon in this uncharted...
TED Talks
TED: Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin | Nadya Tolokonnikova
Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the anti-Putin resistance group Pussy Riot, was named a top enemy of Russia for speaking out against Vladimir Putin's dictatorship throughout the last decade. In this inspiring talk, she tells the...
TED Talks
TED: The next global superpower isn't who you think | Ian Bremmer
Who runs the world? Political scientist Ian Bremmer argues it's not as simple as it used to be. With some eye-opening questions about the nature of leadership, he asks us to consider the impact of the evolving global order and our...
Associated Press
Biden: 'transcripts are very revealing
Joe Biden says a rough transcript of a summer phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's leader is "very revealing.
Curated Video
Opposition leaders react to clashes between protesters and riot police
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed for hours with riot police in Ukraine's capital Sunday, attacking officers
with sticks, stones and flares after new laws were passed to stifle protests.
Dozens of people were...
Curated Video
Prime Minister Singh and President Yanukovych hold talks
1. Wide of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walking and posing for cameras
2. Cutaway of photographer
3. Wide of Yanukovych and Singh shaking hands
4. Close of handshake, tilt up to...
Associated Press
Nunes decries impeachment as smear campaign
The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is “a carefully orchestrated media smear campaign.”
Curated Video
Rajoy meets Van Rompuy, says Catalan referendum will not take place
Spain has rejected calls for an independence referendum that has been proposed by Catalan political parties.
The Catalonian government has said it will hold an independence referendum from Spain on November 9, 2014.
Prime Minister...
Curated Video
Court hearing on legality of President's decree on disbanding parliament
1. Wide exterior of the Constitutional Court with supporters of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych waving blue flags and supporters of President Viktor Yushchenko waving orange flags
2. Mid shot of police escorting one of...
Curated Video
Tourists visit the palaces of the Czars
Petergof, 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of St. Petersburg, Russia - 28, 29 June 2008
1. Wide of Grand Palace garden
2. Wide of Grand Palace pan to fountains
3. Close up fountain
4. Wide of tourists and the fountains
5. Tourists...
Curated Video
Moscow warns US against arming Ukraine
Russia warned on Thursday it will see any decision by the United States to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine as a threat to its security, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
That's after US Defence Secretary-nominee Ashton Carter...
Curated Video
NEWS FEATURE Borders tightened ahead of zone expansion
Huwniki, Poland 14 December 2007
1. Wide of two guards walking in the snow near posts marking border between Poland and Ukraine
2. Mid of two border guards
3. Pull out from snow covered field to posts
4. Wide of watch tower on Polish...
Curated Video
A rebel rocket attack brought down a Ukrainian military helicopter ferrying out troops, including a general, on the outskirts of Slovyansk, killing at least 12 people onboard. The incident highlights the dangers of unfolding guerrilla warfare. (May 29)
THURSDAY -- THE ARMED INSURGENTS SOUGHT TO CLEAR it.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLED FOR QUICK INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION to STOP WHAT HE CALLS KIEV'S "PUNITIVE OPERATION" IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
AP Television
Near Slovyansk, Ukraine - May...
Curated Video
Long queues at some banks in Crimea with customers uncertain over currency
Uncertainty caused Ukrainians living in Crimea to queue up at banks and cash machines to withdraw money from bank accounts.
Account holders expressed concern, saying they didn't know whether the territory's legal tender would continue...
Curated Video
Polish and Ukrainian leaders commemorate massacred civilians
1. Mid shot monument to the victims of 1943 massacre
2. Close up of tombstone
3. Mid shot President Ukraine Leonid Kuchma together with the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski
4. Wide shot of priest blessing monument, zoom in to the...
Curated Video
Pro-EU protests continue into the night
Protests continued for a fifth day in the Ukrainian capital Kiev against the government's abrupt move to freeze integration with the West and tilt toward Moscow.
Opposition leaders and the Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament addressed...
Curated Video
Rival pro-Russia and pro-Kiev protesters in standoff over flag
Pro-Russian demonstrators were locked in a stand-off with pro-Kiev protesters in Donetsk on Tuesday after a Ukrainian flag was raised on a building on Lenin Square in the eastern Ukrainian city.
Lenin Square is occupied by pro-Russian...
Curated Video
Government forces retake long-contested town in east
Ukrainian troops forced pro-Russian insurgents out of a key stronghold in the country's embattled east on Saturday, a significant success that suggested the government may finally be making gains in a months-long battle against a...