April 26, 1986. An explosion and fire occurred at Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet ...

Back in 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear accident happened and caused a lot of environmental disasters and death. But if it had been up to Russia, they would have swept the incident under the rug and ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

Forty years after Chernobyl, Moscow faces another information battle over a suspected case of pneumonic plague.

Thirty-nine years ago, a series of traumatic events in everyday life filled the country with fear. But thanks to the ...

On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant experienced a catastrophic explosion, leading to the ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that ...

Chernobyl, Ukraine — After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 40 years ago Sunday, more than 300,000 people fled the towns surrounding the destroyed Unit 4 reactor that spewed lethal radiation. In 2019, ...

As radiation spread across Europe in April 1986, so did the truth about a political system built on silence. Four decades on, RFI spoke to history and politics professor Oleg Kobtzeff about how the ...

People streamed in from different parts of the city to place candles on a large radiation hazard symbol as they marked the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Chernobyl exclusion zone, March 16, 2026; Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ...