Nuclear War Update as New Doomsday Clock Prediction Revealed
The global Doomsday Clock shows that numerous threats still exist and should be cause for caution, scientists say.
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The global Doomsday Clock shows that numerous threats still exist and should be cause for caution, scientists say.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Atomic scientists on Tuesday kept their "Doomsday Clock" set as close to midnight as ever before, citing Russia's actions on nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, nuclear-armed Israel's Gaza war and worsening climate change as factors driving the risk of global catastrophe. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as they did last year, set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight - the theoretical point of annihilation.
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Last year's unveiling of Doomsday Clock - which represents how near we are to apocalypse - saw it tick the closest to midnight than it's ever been, so what does the 2024 ceremony hold in store for humanity?
The clock in 1947 to warn the public about how close humankind is to destroying the world.