the state’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday

Unlike its western neighbors Austria and Germany, the Czech Republic is doubling down on nuclear power and renewable energy sources after deciding to phase out coal for energy generation by 2033 to reduce carbon emissions.The Czech Republic already relies on six nuclear reactors to generate more than a third of its electricity. Besides four in Dukovany, state-controlled power company CEZ operates two 1,000-megawatt reactors at the Temelin plant.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’sand his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern Japanese island 80 years ago.The commemoration comes as many residents of Okinawa and the nearby islands are increasingly concerned about the possibility of another war as regional tensions with China escalate.

Naruhito’s father, the 91-year-old former, cared especially about Okinawa because of its difficult history, setting an example for his son.

The emperor and his wife, Empress Masako, asked their 23-year-old daughter,

, to accompany them on Wednesday’s trip in an apparent effort to convey their attention for history on the next generation. It is Aiko’s first visit to Okinawa.The talks will also touch on “issues on the international agenda, including the situation around Ukraine,” Russian media reported, citing the Security Council’s press team. Shoigu, formerly Russia’s defense minister, last traveled to Pyongyang in late March.

In April, the Kremlin confirmed that North Korean troopsto repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region.

At the time, Putin praisedwho he said stood “shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters, defended our Motherland as their own.”