Nuclear Weapons

(RNS) — Eighty years ago, the United States detonated atomic bombs for the first time in history, ushering in a devastating new era of war and threat. The first explosion occurred during the Manhattan Project’s Trinity test in New Mexico in July 1945, followed weeks later by the U.S. bombings…

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North Korea said Tuesday that while the relationship between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and President Donald Trump is “not bad,” the United States must accept the isolated country as a nuclear weapons state. Dismissing the idea of further talks on denuclearization, Kim’s powerful sister said that reality has changed…

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Hours after Microsoft revealed that hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese government have been exploiting a flaw in its SharePoint software, Bloomberg reported that the…

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge…

France will co-ordinate its nuclear weapons with a foreign power for the first time under a new agreement with the United Kingdom expressed as a bid to deter “extreme threats” against Europe. A new nuclear agreement has been reached between the United Kingdom and France, it was announced this week…

(Refiles July 10 story to fix spelling of declaration title in paragraph 3) By Elizabeth Pineau NORTHWOOD (Reuters) -France and Britain on Thursday agreed to reinforce cooperation over their respective nuclear arsenals as the two European powerhouses seek to respond to growing threats to the continent and uncertainty over their…

KUALA LUMPUR — China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday (July 10). The Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, or SEANWFZ, has been in force since 1997, limiting the…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated Nigeria’s firm commitment to a total ban on nuclear testing. Speaking on Monday, July 7, during a courtesy visit from Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), at the Presidential Villa, Shettima emphasized that Africa should focus on tackling…

The reconciliation law signed by President Donald Trump last week will provide greater compensation to more victims of radiation exposure from America’s nuclear weapons programs through 2028, putting an end to a yearslong lobbying effort. The language in the fiscal 2025 law spearheaded by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., would expand…