‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid Ukraine war
By France24
28 January 2023 |
3:19 pm
A group of scientists and security experts have moved their "Doomsday Clock" to 90 seconds to midnight, their most pessimistic prognosis yet. They published their statement in Russian and Ukrainian for the first time.
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