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Xi Jinping faces China’s Chernobyl moment

The coronavirus crisis could lay bare the absurdities of autocracy for all to see

Chernobyl’s “sarcophagus” is getting dismantled because it’s teetering on collapse (photos)

Photos reveal the structure's rise and fall

The Marshall Islands are 10 times more “radioactive” than Chernobyl

In 1946 the US detonated an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia; it was the first underwater test of the device

Drones find unexpected radiation “Hotspots” in forest near Chernobyl

While radiation has subsided in some areas others maintain contamination levels that are dangerously high

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