The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia has pushed the “Doomsday Clock” up to just 90 seconds before midnight – the closest point to cataclysm in history.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , which unveiled the updated clock on Tuesday, said the Russia-Ukraine War has played a crucial role in upending global stability. “Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention, or miscalculation – is a terrible risk,” the Bulletin said in a statement that “the possibility that the conflict could spin out of anyone’s control remains […]