Tag: #Hiroshima
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80 Years After Hiroshima, Calls for Nuclear Disarmament Renewed
HIROSHIMA: Japan on Wednesday commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a solemn ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, attended by survivors, officials, and delegates from over 120 countries and territories. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a uranium-based atomic bomb, codenamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing approximately…
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Tonga volcanic eruption ‘hundreds of times’ more powerful than Hiroshima bomb: NASA
The eruption this month of an underwater volcano near Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA
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US military bases in Japan introduce stricter COVID-19 measures
US military bases in Japan introduced stricter COVID-19 measures on Thursday after the government expressed grave concern about a surge of new infections, calling for restrictions on military personnel movement
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UN Chief Calls for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at Nagasaki Anniversary
The UN Chief has called for elimination of nuclear weapons at Nagasaki Anniversary.
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Beirut Blast was equal to a Nuclear Bomb: Experts
Beirut, 6th August 2020: The Beirut explosion is unquestionably one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, according to calculations by British engineering experts at the University of Sheffield. A Sheffield team has calculated the strength of the blast from the videos and photographs since Tuesday when the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port took…
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Pope to visit Hiroshima on anti-nuclear weapon mission
Vatican City, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis, who years ago hoped to be a missionary in Japan, travels to the sites of the world’s only atomic attacks this week seeking a ban on nuclear weapons. The Argentine pontiff, 82, flies to Asia on Tuesday, where he will first visit Thailand and then Japan, including the…