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Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off Nuclear Weapons

Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe forces of two nuclear weapons states have set about each other with clubs and rocks at one of the most forbidding flashpoints in the world, in a bloody incident that highlights the constant dangers posed by expansionist nationalism.Related: India says 20 soldiers killed on disputed Himalayan…
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June 17, 2020
North Korea says it will keep building up military to counter long-term threat of US Nuclear Weapons

North Korea says it will keep building up military to counter long-term threat of US

North Korea sees little use in maintaining a personal relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump if Washington sticks to hostile policies, state media reported on Friday on the two-year anniversary of the leaders' first summit. US policies prove Washington remains a long-term threat to the North Korean state and its people, North Korean Foreign…
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June 12, 2020
Why are UK universities falling in the global rankings? Nuclear Weapons

Why are UK universities falling in the global rankings?

The UK’s universities have slipped down an international league table for a fourth consecutive year to record the country’s worst-ever performance.Almost three-quarters of British universities were downgraded in the rankings, compiled by data and research group QS. Oxford University fell from fourth to fifth place, while University College London slid two places…
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June 10, 2020
Trump’s plans to use nuclear weapons on hurricanes challenged in new Democratic bill Nuclear Weapons

Trump’s plans to use nuclear weapons on hurricanes challenged in new Democratic bill

In August, Donald Trump reportedly asked top national security officials to consider using nuclear bombs to weaken or destroy hurricanes. Now, one member of Congress wants to make it illegal for Mr Trump, or any president, to act on this idea, which experts say would be both ineffective and extremely…
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June 9, 2020