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Russian nuclear threat and AI emergence push Doomsday Clock closer to midnight
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight. This is one second closer to the theoretical point of annihilation compared to last year's setting. The clock is a symbolic representation created in 1947 during the Cold War, and its purpose is to represent the likelihood of human extinction.
There are other potential hotspots around the world, including Taiwan and North Korea. Any of these could turn into a conflagration involving nuclear powers, with unpredictable and potentially devastating outcomes.
We are watching closely and hope that the ceasefire in Gaza will hold. Tensions in the Middle East including with Iran are still dangerously unstable.
At 89 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history.
Russian Nuclear Capabilities
- Vladimir Putin expresses hope of no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
- Putin Updates Russia's Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine in Response to US Arms Decision for Ukraine
- Russia holds nuclear forces exercise simulating retaliatory strikes
sources
- 1.ABC News (Australia)
- 2.The Guardian
- 3.The New York Times
- 4.Al Jazeera
- 5.South China Morning Post
- 6.The Times
- 7.Agence France-Presse
- 8.Times
- 9.Townsville Bulletin
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Russian Foreign Policy
- 3.Russia-Ukraine War
- 4.US-Russia Relations
- 5.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- 6.Nuclear Weapons
- 7.Russian Politics
- 8.Ukrainian Politics
countries
- 1.Australia
- 2.China
- 3.Colombia
- 4.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 5.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 6.Kazakhstan
- 7.Russian Federation
- 8.Taiwan, Province of China
- 9.Ukraine
- 10.United States
- 11.South Africa
organizations
- 1.Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
- 2.Science and Security Board
- 3.University of Chicago
- 4.World Health Organization
- 5.British Antarctic Survey
- 6.DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence
- 7.Kremlin
- 8.UN World Meteorological Organization
persons
- 1.Daniel Holz
- 2.Albert Einstein
- 3.J Robert Oppenheimer
- 4.Eugene Rabinowitch
- 5.Alexander Glaser
- 6.Alexander Langsdorf Jr
- 7.George HW Bush
- 8.Juan Manuel Santos
- 9.Michael Levenson
- 10.Mikhail Gorbachev
- 11.Nelson Mandela
- 12.Rachel Bronson