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In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Japan’s east coast suffered a meltdown after a tsunami knocked out generators, causing its cooling system to fail. During the incident, pools storing spent fuel rods also overheated. The incident caused massive radioactive contamination that forced entire cities and towns to be …

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping chat as they walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that China “tried” to help the United States curb …

Bertrand Guay | Pool | Reuters French Minister of the Armed Forces Sylvie Goulard (C) attends the ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle’s resistance call of June 18, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, France, June 18, 2017. French …

Phillip Faraone | Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow at a book signing event in Los Angeles on June 8, 2017 It might be easy to mock Goop – Paltrow’s first “In Goop Health” wellness event was held in Los Angeles earlier this month, to some ridicule in the press – but …

Naseem Zeitoon | Reuters Qatar and UAE exchange office in Doha, Qatar, June 13, 2017. Qatar’s peg with the U.S. dollar is a potential headache – and a potent economic weapon. The emirate’s fixed currency has supported financial stability in a small country that overwhelmingly depends on energy exports. Tensions …

Brooks Kraft | Corbis News | Getty Images Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America. When looking at Anne-Marie Slaughter’s career history, it’s hard not to be impressed. From working as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, to taking on top roles at the likes of …

Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, speaks on stage at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, June 15, 2017. Also, a lot of money raised by start-ups in France has come from corporates. Around $1.1 billion of capital raised in 2016 by …

Lintao Zhang | Getty Images Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, speaks during a press conference at the media center on March 10, 2017 in Beijing, China. Healthy financial institutions are a prerequisite for preventing a financial crisis and further opening will strengthen the sector, China’s central …

The Trump administration sees nuclear power as “a very important part” of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Monday. “Bringing our nuclear energy industry back, small modular reactors for instance, that’s on the front burner so to speak,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on the …

Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 19, 2017. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez slammed President Donald Trump’s new policy that tightens travel restrictions and prohibits American companies from conducting business with those owned by the Cuban military, NBC News …