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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told top Kremlin officials to draft proposals for the possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing, as Moscow responds to President Donald Trump’s order that the United States “immediately” resume its own testing after a decades-long hiatus.The Russian leader told his Security Council on Wednesday ...

US President Donald Trump has appeared on the CBS News programme 60 Minutes just months after he won a $16m settlement from the broadcaster for alleged “deceptive editing”.In the interview with CBS host Norah O’Donnell, which was filmed last Friday at his Mar-a-Lago residence and aired on Sunday, Trump ...

United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright says planned nuclear tests will be “noncritical” and will not feature any nuclear explosions for now.This clarification on Sunday came three days after President Donald Trump announced he had instructed the Department of Defense to “immediately” restart testing of US nuclear weapons.What are ...

US president claims China, Russia have carried out secret nuclear weapon tests as he seeks to justify return to testing.China has denied it has been secretly testing nuclear weapons, refuting a claim from United States President Donald Trump.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning insisted on Monday that Beijing has ...

China’s first atomic quantum computer has passed a major commercial milestone, making its first sales to domestic and overseas customers, according to state media.Hubei Daily, the official newspaper of Hubei province, reported on Friday that the first commercial Hanyuan-1 unit had been delivered to a subsidiary of telecoms provider ...

Carbon dioxide emissions are expected to peak globally next year, marking a turning point in the energy transition, with Asia set to play a prominent role in decarbonisation.The findings were revealed in a report by Rystad Energy released on Thursday, which noted that while the shift to renewable energy ...

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that India has been granted a six-month waiver on the sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran’s Chabahar port.On September 16, Washington revoked the sanctions waiver for the port, ending an exemption granted to India in 2018.The Chabahar port, particularly ...

United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had instructed the Department of Defense to “immediately” restart testing of US nuclear weapons.If the US resumes nuclear testing now, it would be the first time it has conducted such tests in more than 30 years.Trump claimed that China ...

United States President Donald Trump says he has ordered the Department of Defense to “immediately” resume nuclear weapons testing on an “equal basis” with other nuclear-armed powers.The US leader also said on Thursday that he gave ally South Korea the green light to build its own nuclear-powered submarine after ...

Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin their first nuclear tests since 1992 - just moments before the president's pivotal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Trump told the Department of War to begin testing nukes 'immediately' and explained the military flex was necessary to combat Russia and China from closing the gap in the ...