• North Korea Deems Talks with U.S. a Failure, Vows to Continue Nuclear Buildup

    North Korea Deems Talks with U.S. a Failure, Vows to Continue Nuclear Buildup

    North Korea has deemed its negotiations with the U.S. over the North Korean nuclear program a failure, in a statement marking the second anniversary of President Donald Trump’s meeting with dictator Kim Jong-Un. “Even a slim ray of optimism for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula has faded away into a dark nightmare,” North …
  • Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from

    Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from "a million years to 30 minutes"

    Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light. Gérard Mourou has already won a Nobel for his work with fast laser pulses. If he gets pulses 10,000 times faster, he says he can modify waste on an atomic level. If no solution is found, we’re already stuck with some 22,000 cubic meters of …
  • DOJ Targets North Koreans, Chinese for Laundering Billions for Kim’s Nuclear Program

    DOJ Targets North Koreans, Chinese for Laundering Billions for Kim’s Nuclear Program

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the conference of the Central Military Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 23, 2020. (KCNA/Reuters) The Justice Department charged 28 North Koreans and five Chinese citizens with laundering over $2.5 billion in …
  • Trump Admin. to End Waivers that Allow Some Foreign Businesses to Work on Iranian Nuclear Sites

    Trump Admin. to End Waivers that Allow Some Foreign Businesses to Work on Iranian Nuclear Sites

    The Trump administration is planning to end waivers that allow certain foreign businesses to work at Iranian nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The waivers, which were included in U.S. sanctions placed on Iran in 2015, allow certain Russian and Chinese companies to conduct business at Iranian nuclear sites. Operations covered by the waivers …