Tensions between the United States and Venezuela continue to escalate amid a growing US military buildup near the South American country and a series of unprovoked attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea over recent months.
Most recently, on Wednesday, in yet another brazen act of aggression, US forces hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
A day later, US President Donald Trump threatened to launch ground attacks on Venezuela, saying it is "going to be starting on land pretty soon.”
The Trump administration has — without presenting any evidence — accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of supplying drugs to the US that are “poisoning the American people.”
Maduro, speaking on Thursday, said the “mask has fallen,” laying bare the real objective behind the military buildup and repeated attacks on vessels in the region.....more below
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 ...