Hiroshima

Publishedduration4 days agoIt is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading to the end of World War Two.image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionThe devastated city of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb blastThe article contains graphic images and…

19h ago“The devastation that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the human suffering that resulted must never be repeated,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing. Read his full speech here:Today, at the opening of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial…

On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, Wataru Namba was in math class. Namba, a U.S. citizen, was 18 at the time, living with his grandparents in Hiroshima, Japan, and studying at a local college. That morning, just after 8 a.m., an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb over the…

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 1945, file photo, an unidentified man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, western Japan. The Aug. 6, 1945, bombing was the world’s first nuclear attack. An estimated 140,000 people, including those with radiation-related injuries and illnesses, died…

Bells tolled in Hiroshima for the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus and the city's mayor urging nations to reject selfish nationalism and unite to fight all threats. Though thousands usually pack the Peace Park in the centre of the Japanese…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows in front of Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)HIROSHIMA, Japan - Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered…

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Image copyright EPA Image caption Events this year were scaled back because of the pandemic Bells have tolled in Hiroshima, Japan, to mark the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the world's first atomic bomb.But memorial events were scaled back this year because of the pandemic.On 6 August 1945, a…

Regular nosebleeds, three bouts with cancer and blinding cataracts.It’s been 75 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — marking the end of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age — but survivors like Masaaki Takano still live with the…

A warehouse area at a port in Beirut exploded Tuesday, killing more than 100 people and causing extensive damage in the Lebanese capital.The explosion is under investigation, a focus of which is thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate improperly stored in the area.Experts told Insider they estimated the explosive yield…