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Jon Wolfsthal, director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Asha George, executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, and Steve Fetter, professor of public policy and former dean at the University of Maryland, reveal the location of the minute hand on its Doomsday Clock, indicating what world developments mean for the perceived likelihood of nuclear catastrophe, during a town-hall in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 23, 2026.
Atomic scientists moved the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, citing citing nuclear tensions, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and AI risks factors driving risks for global disaster.
Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold a general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 19, 2025.
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London, Britain, November 15, 2025.
An independent director on the BBC's board, Shumeet Banerji, quit on Friday after an incorrect edit of President Donald Trump’s speech that prompted a $5B lawsuit threat.
A resident removes debris outside his house in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago, Cuba, October 29, 2025.
The United States is prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid to people of Cuba who were affected by Hurricane Melissa, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: People have a drink inside a bar in Hong Kong, China October 25, 2019.
The Belgian beer makers, Mexico’s tequila industry, and Heineken all lobbied governments this summer to oppose tougher U.N. rules targeting alcohol, letters and an email reviewed by Reuters show.
Security personnel, firefighters and authorities stand at the site where a vehicle exploded outside a shopping mall, as a second vehicle containing explosives was found nearby, but did not detonate and was immediately neutralized, according to Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 14, 2025.
The detonation of explosive devices on two bridges in Ecuador early on Wednesday was retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners, the country's interior minister said.
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