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For me, the year 1968 is symbolized by a single dark evening that haunts me to this day. I was at the campus paper, the Michigan Daily, when the bulletin came over the clattering AP newswire that Bobby Kennedy had been shot just moments after declaring victory in the California…

A new Pentagon report on Chinese military power has shown the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has surpassed the U.S. military in terms of navy size, land-based missiles and advanced air defense systems.The Office of the Defense Secretary issued today its annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of…

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The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates A Japanese atomic bomb survivor has spoken of her desire to "abolish any kind of war," 75 years after the world’s first and final attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.…

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Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki—one of the last significant acts of World War Two and the second and last nuclear attack in history.The Nagasaki bomb—codenamed "Fat Man"—killed somewhere between 39,000 and 80,000 people, around half of them within 24 hours of the detonation on…

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75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, some experts believe the risk of the use of a nuclear weapon is as high now as it has been since the Cuban missile crisis.The big picture: Nuclear war remains the single greatest present threat to humanity — and one that is poised to…

North Korea may have succeeded in miniaturizing nuclear warheads to fit into ballistic missiles, a UN report claims.The report by an independent panel of experts monitoring UN sanctions was submitted to the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea on Monday, Reuters reported.Some member countries concluded that the North…

North Korea likely already has the ability to mount nuclear warheads on intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to a United Nations report acquired by Reuters. The news has deepened concerns that major American cities are in range of Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, despite the efforts of President Donald Trump's administration to disarm…