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In case of a nuclear event, Ukraine to use Israeli placenta-based emergency treatment

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:12:41 +0000

Amid rising threat from Russia, Pluri partners with Ukrainian blood bank to stockpile remedy for deadly radiation poisoning that uses cells grown from donated placentas

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Putin tells West he is ready to use nukes, but doesn’t think they will be needed

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:59:43 +0000

In latest bellicose statement ahead of Russian election, president notes his US counterpart Biden understands the risks of escalation

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Musk says he stopped Ukraine attack on Russian navy by withholding Starlink internet

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:25:47 +0000

Tech billionaire says Kyiv meant to sink fleet; biographer says SpaceX owner was warned by Russian ambassador that Crimea attack would lead to nuclear retaliation

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Trump says he prevented a ‘nuclear holocaust’ as president

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:00:54 +0000

In new public testimony, former president spars with New York AG suing him for fraud, says he never expected his inflated financial statements would be taken seriously

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Growing climate, nuclear risks spark doomsday fears

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 03:29:30 +0000

Past year has prompted warnings of armageddon amid war in Ukraine and concerns over higher rate of warming, but has also seen COVID pandemic recede and other positive signs

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World closest to nuclear ‘Armageddon’ since Cuban missile crisis, Biden warns

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 02:28:44 +0000

US president says he knows Putin and Russian leader not messing around when he talks about using weapons of mass destruction, but White House maintains nuclear posture unchanged

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Moscow warns threat of a nuclear conflict ‘should not be underestimated’

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 03:37:56 +0000

Warning comes as US steps up aid to Ukraine and declares it wants to weaken Russia, with Foreign Minister Lavrov saying there is a 'real' danger of World War III breaking out

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Russia’s Lavrov accuses West of fixating on ‘nuclear war,’ compares US to Hitler

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:10:53 +0000

Foreign minister's comments come days after Putin ordered his nuclear forces on high alert

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Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, citing Western threats

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:22:41 +0000

Russian leader says move a response to 'aggressive statements' by NATO member countries; UK foreign secretary says world must prepare 'for Russia to seek to use even worse weapons'

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Five global nuclear powers make rare pledge to prevent atomic weapons spread

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 02:04:52 +0000

US, UK, France, Russia and China set aside tensions to say nuclear war 'must never be fought'

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Pelosi’s talk of limits on Trump’s nuclear power raises old worry

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 17:26:22 +0000

The president has the sole authority to order a US nuclear attack, but some safeguards do exist

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Fake news among threats keeping Doomsday Clock at two minutes to midnight

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:24:56 +0000

Information warfare, along with global warming and the danger of nuclear war, have brought humans as close to destroying the planet as ever

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How Leonid Brezhnev almost escalated the Yom Kippur War into a nuclear nightmare

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:36:40 +0000

With Nixon in a drunken stupor on the verge of impeachment, and Israel locked in deadly war, an unstable Soviet leader was moving nuclear cargo into an Egyptian port

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Mattis should protect world from Trump, Pentagon Papers whistleblower says

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 03:16:24 +0000

Daniel Ellsberg believes 'situation is closer to the possible use of nuclear weapons since any time in 50 years'

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Risk of nuclear war at ‘highest point since Cuban missile crisis’

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 08:27:14 +0000

Ex-US energy secretary Ernest Moniz, who help negotiate Iran deal, says poor diplomacy and better technology increase the risk of an accidental weapons launch

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