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1 July 2025
Update 299 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been informed of a drone attack that damaged several vehicles near the site’s cooling pond last week, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
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1 July 2025
IAEA Holds Rays of Hope Forum To Increase Access to Cancer Care
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death on the continent, claiming around 2,000 lives every day. Three years ago, to close the global cancer care gap, we launched the IAEA’s #RaysOfHope initiative at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. Today, we returned to take stock: Read more →
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30 June 2025
Rays of Hope Forum: Bringing Hope in Africa and Beyond
Cancer patients around the world are being given better access to life-saving care thanks to support from the IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative, participants at a Rays of Hope Forum heard. Read more →
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30 June 2025
Rays of Hope: The Achievements of Targeted Action
Through its Rays of Hope initiative, the IAEA is giving more cancer patients access to life-saving care in low- and middle-income countries where the need is greatest. Read more →
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30 June 2025
IAEA and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Partner to Bridge Gap in Global Childhood Cancer Care
The IAEA and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital entered a significant new partnership to address inequality in global childhood cancer care at the Agency’s Rays of Hope Forum in Ethiopia today. Read more →
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27 June 2025
Update on Developments in Iran (7)
Radiation levels in the Gulf region remain normal following the 12-day conflict that severely damaged several nuclear facilities in Iran, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
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