Seattle teachers hit the picket lines on Wednesday (September 7) on what would have been the first day of school this fall for tens of thousands of students, after voting to strike over pay, staffing and mental health support.
The Seattle Teachers Association (SEA), a labor union representing more than 6,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and office workers in Washington state, on Tuesday said that 95% of its members who submitted a ballot voted to go on strike.
Ghana is interested in purchasing a floating nuclear power plant from Russia, Ghanaian Ambassador to Russian Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah told Sputnik.
"I know that our minister of energy was here last year and signed a corresponding agreement. I think this is innovative, and in a conversation with the minister of energy, he said that the country is interested.
So, Ghana could purchase such a nuclear power plant," the diplomat said when asked about the possibility of Ghana purchasing a floating nuclear power plant.
Russia and Ghana began cooperation in the field of nuclear energy after signing an intergovernmental agreement in 2015.
The agreement outlined plans for joint work in the areas of training specialists, building nuclear power plants and related infrastructure, and providing maintenance services. In October 2023, representatives of Rosatom met with the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in Cape Town. At the meeting, Russia proposed using floating nuclear power plants to supply power to ...
