Nuclear Weapons

By Nina LARSON Geneva (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy. More than 2,400 nuclear devices were detonated…

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did just pass one notable milestone of global peace and stability: As of this month, the world has gone the longest time without a nuclear explosion since…

This photograph, dated July 1946, shows the mushroom cloud forming after an atomic bomb explosion during nuclear tests carried out by the US military on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. — AFP (New users only) Unlock 4%* + 10%* p.a. promo rate for 3 months via Versa and enjoy…

Image Credit: Nvidia (Image credit: Nvidia) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned at Davos that allowing Nvidia to sell AI chips to China poses serious national security risks Amodei compared the decision to “selling nuclear weapons to North Korea,” despite Nvidia being a major investor in his company The clash highlights…

Double precision floating point computation (aka FP64) is what keeps modern aircraft in the sky, rockets going up, vaccines effective, and, yes, nuclear weapons operational. But rather than building dedicated chips that process this essential data type in hardware, Nvidia is leaning on emulation to increase performance for HPC and…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — No pursuit of nuclear weapons. Confronting drug trafficking. An immediate recognition of the state of Israel. Exporting copious amounts of oil and gas. Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi laid out his aspirations Thursday for Iran if its theocracy is toppled — and experts say they…

Sergey Karaganov, head of Russia’s Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, has threatened to 'finish' the UK and Europe with nuclear weapons Russian President Vladimir Putin (file) Russia has directly threatened to unleash nuclear weapons on the UK and mainland Europe. Sergey Karaganov, head of Russia’s Council for Foreign and…

President Trump warned Monday there would be "very powerful" consequences for Iran if it rebuilds its ballistic missile or nuclear weapons programs.Why it matters: Trump made clear during a briefing at his Mar-a-Lago estate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wouldn't rule out more military action against Iran.Driving…

Faster, stealthier missiles, accelerated weapons development, and the threat of an unrestrained nuclear arms race, set against the backdrop of a withering arms control regime, point to a worsening global nuclear threat as 2025 comes to a close. On top of that, just before meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping…

Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the office of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that the country needs nuclear weapons, a position that deviates sharply from the country’s long-standing non-nuclear principles...Read More