'Perilously close': Doomsday Clock hits 90 seconds to midnight

Stuart Stone
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'Perilously close': Doomsday Clock hits 90 seconds to midnight

Mounting dangers 'largely but not exclusively' triggered by war in Ukraine have prompted The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to move its Doomsday Clock forward by 10 seconds

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' iconic Doomsday Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight, after the group moved the apocalyptic timepiece forward by 10 seconds in response to the geopolitical risks...

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