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Doomsday Clock: 100 Seconds until End of World
After a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued fears over nuclear risks and climate change, the symbolic Doomsday Clock remains stuck at the same time as last year.
"The hands of the Doomsday Clock remain at 100 seconds to midnight, as close to midnight as ever," Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS), said on Wednesday (27 January).
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Panel approves draft bill on prevention of financing proliferation of WMDs
A parliamentary panel has approved a draft law on the prevention of the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), which regulates the actions to be taken by the government in line with the U.N. Security Council resolutions.
A call for a blueprint for a gloomy, post-corona world: Op-ed
Ravaging the four corners of the globe, the coronavirus has destroyed global markets beyond repair in a way that is incomparable to any global crisis in recent history.
Recovery is only possible through a collective global effort under the leadership of the United States, China and the European Union in cooperation with other major powers on the world stage.