Doomsday Clock reset imminent amid Israel-Hamas war and threats from Iran, North Korea and Russia’s ‘unhinged’ Putin

Is the end near?

Our planet is the closest it has ever been to a global nuclear holocaust, members of the scientific community have warned over the past two years. Sometime this month, they will announce whether we have moved steps closer to annihilation.

Each year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists sets a “Doomsday Clock,” a def-con-eqsue metaphor that determines how close existing world conflicts are pushing Earth to the brink of no return.

After two years of extreme conflict, the Doomsday Clock will be reset this month. Pictured is a Russian missile test launch from 2018. AP

For two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024 — following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the latter’s allies —

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