News Wire | August 2022 Archive

FBI Searched Trump’s Home to Look for Nuclear Documents and Other Items, Sources Say

By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Perry Stein & Shane Harris | The Washington Post (free)

Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation.

EU Proposes Significant Concession to Iran to Revive Nuclear Deal

By Laurence Norman | The Wall Street Journal

European Union diplomats trying to break a deadlock in talks over an Iran nuclear accord have proposed a significant new concession to Tehran aimed at speedily ending a U.N. investigation into the Islamic Republic’s past atomic activities.

Shelling Threatens Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, and U.N. Pleads for Access

By Alan Yuhas & Shashank Bengali | The New York Times

Shelling in Ukraine once again threatened the largest nuclear power plant in Europe on Thursday, damaging equipment on the grounds, as Russian and Ukrainian forces blamed each other for creating the risk of a catastrophic nuclear accident in the middle of a war zone.

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Sixth Probe Opened Into Peruvian President After Relative Detained

AFP (free)

Peruvian prosecutors have opened a sixth criminal investigation into President Pedro Castillo for alleged corruption involving government tenders, officials said Thursday.

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