The symbolic clock will remain set at the closest point to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse it has ever been since 1947.
For a second year in a row, a science advocacy organization assessed that the world is just "90 seconds to midnight," the symbolic hour of apocalypse.
The Bullet of the Atomic Scientists' famous "Doomsday Clock" still has its metaphorical hands set at the closest point ever to midnight due to wars in Europe and the Middle East, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the spread of climate-related disasters and generative artificial intelligence.
A Swiss-led U.N. Security Council committee will find it harder to deal with 'suspicions' of sanctions violations.
Sweden does not share a border with Russia, but its coastlines stretch 3,218 kilometers to its east along the Baltic Sea.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has reported that Tehran increased its output of near weapons-grade uranium.
The U.N. agency's report last month concluded that Japan's plans were consistent with international safety standards.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
