Nuclear weapons
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‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated
Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider rati…
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Doomsday Clock set closer than ever to midnight to stress global catastrophe risks
Atomic scientists push clock to 89 seconds before midnight, citing nuclear risk, AI and climate crisis as a ‘w…
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Working on a world free of nuclear arms | Letters
Readers Aaron Tovish, Diana Francis and Caroline Westgate respond to our editorial about arms control to preve…
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North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states…
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UK urged to break with France, North Korea and Russia on UN nuclear war resolution
Non-proliferation groups call on government not to oppose creation of a study into effects of nuclear conflict…
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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group
Nihon Hidakanyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribabl…
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China test launches intercontinental ballistic missile for first time in decades
The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched into ‘high seas’ of the Pacific OceanChina has announced the …
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US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn
Academics say vulnerability of the two countries’ nuclear launch sites makes dangerous mistakes more likelyThe…
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US ambassador to skip Nagasaki bomb commemoration over Israeli exclusion
City’s mayor says Israel not invited because of risk of protests at event honouring victims of 1945 nuclear bl…
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‘A return to the cold war’: Putin and Kim have joined forces as global delinquents | Andrew Roth
The defiant Russia-North Korea friendship pact raises big questions for Washington and Seoul – but also for Be…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Europe, Nuclear weapons, Russia, US military, US news, World news
Former Trump national security adviser urges resumption of nuclear testing
Robert O’Brien says US should abandon moratorium but experts say proposal would hasten global nuclear arms rac…
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Row as Nato chief hints at talks to increase availability of nuclear weapons
Jens Stoltenberg accused of ‘escalation of tension’ as he warns of growing threat from Russia and China The Na…
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Global spending on nuclear weapons up 13% in record rise
States are on course to spend $100bn a year, driven by a sharp increase in US defence budgetsGlobal spending o…
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Guterres warns humanity on ‘knife’s edge’ as AI raises nuclear war threat
UN secretary general makes plea for nuclear states to agree on mutual pledge not to be first to use nuclear we…
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Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space
Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons o…