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India Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the special programme held to mark the commissioning of INS Vikrant in India, on September 2, 2022. — Twitter/narendramodi
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the special programme held to mark the commissioning of INS Vikrant in India, on September 2, 2022. — Twitter/narendramodi

Modi commissions India’s first home-built aircraft carrier in defence push

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier today, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks with journalists after he and a part of the IAEA mission came back from a Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at a Ukrainian checkpoint in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks with journalists after he and a part of the IAEA mission came back from a Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at a Ukrainian checkpoint in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko

U.N. inspectors assess damage to Ukraine nuclear plant in high-stakes visit

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – United Nations nuclear experts who crossed into Russian-held territory in Ukraine to assess the safety of Europe’s biggest atomic energy plant were seeking today to assess physical damage to the facility, where both sides warn of possible disaster.

Cuba seeks more electricity supply from Turkish powerships

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country from shipboard generators just offshore, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

Brazil’s Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, government data showed on Wednesday, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew global attention soon after President Jair Bolsonaro took office.

A Turkish Karadeniz Erin Sultan powership operates at Havana's bay, Cuba August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Cuba seeks more electricity supply from Turkish powerships

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country from shipboard generators just offshore, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

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