“Scientists have reset their symbolic Doomsday Clock to its closest time to midnight in 64 years, saying the world is closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump’s election as US President.
“The timepiece, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and displayed on its website, is widely viewed as an indicator of the world’s vulnerability to disaster.
“Its hands were moved to two minutes and 30 seconds to midnight, from three minutes…
“The clock was last set this close to midnight in 1953, marking the start of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
“Thursday’s reset was the first since 2015.”
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