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World closest to ‘nuclear precipice’ since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says historian Garrett Graff
As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is the closest ...
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Details About Hiroshima And Nagasaki That Still Don't Make Sense
The atomic bombings of Japan might well be one of the most important events in human history — so maybe it's no surprise that ...
80 years after atomic bombing, Nagasaki and Tri-Cities forever linked
At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 9, 1945, from 1,650 feet above Nagasaki, “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb fueled with Hanford site plutonium, was ...
Nagasaki marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing as survivors place hopes of nuclear ban in hands of youth
The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on Aug. 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the ...
China-Japan ties are improving. Could a Taiwanese official test that trend?
The head of the island’s economic office attended commemorations in Japan for the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...
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‘Time to take America back’: Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s launches campaign for lower military spending
The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reignited the debate around nuclear weaponization and the ...
How the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tore apart Japan’s understanding of motherhood
Nakamura was 21-years old and was hanging laundry outside around 11am when the bomb fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. She ...
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Ceremony honors lives lost in Nagasaki nuclear bombing
The 32nd Annual Nagaski Peace Ceremony took place in the heart of Honolulu on Aug. 9, honoring the victims of the U.S.-led nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, Japan that killed up to 80,000 people, most of ...
National Catholic Reporter23h
80 years after Nagasaki bombing, activists 'remember and mourn'
On the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, peace activists representing faith-based and secular ...
The Japan Times9h
Mayors for Peace adopt the 'Nagasaki Appeal'
At the Nagasaki peace conference, joined by representatives from 138 cities in 16 countries, discussions were held on ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists10h
Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped
On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that ...