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The United Nations chief warned Monday that the world is facing a convergence of challenges unlike any in our lifetimes and expressed fear of a wider war as the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said experts who surveyed the state of the world in 2023 set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight the closest ever to total global catastrophe, He pointed to the war in Ukraine, runaway climate catastrophe, rising nuclear threats, the widening gulf between the world's haves and have-nots, and the epic geopolitical divisions undermining global solidarity and trust. In a wide-ranging address Guterres urged the General Assembly's 193 member nations to change their mindset on decision-making from near-term thinking, which he called irresponsible and immoral, to looking at what will happen to all of us tomorrow and act. He said this year's 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should serve as a remin

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 6:54 AM IST

As Russia has unleashed a wave of Kamikaze drones on Ukraine for the second time, let's understand what is this weapon and how does it work

Updated On: 17 Oct 2022 | 5:29 PM IST

Putin's claim to power has evolved over his nearly 22 years atop the Kremlin

Updated On: 16 Sep 2022 | 7:56 AM IST

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Updated On: 06 Jan 2022 | 2:20 AM IST

The European Union's executive told Poland Monday that there is no place for rhetoric referring to war among EU partners

Updated On: 25 Oct 2021 | 7:36 PM IST

Covid-19 is still spreading but the games appear to be going ahead, in what would be the biggest world event of the pandemic era

Updated On: 26 May 2021 | 10:24 PM IST

Terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the contemporary world and it threatens to engulf the planet in a carnage similar to the one witnessed during the two World Wars, India said

Updated On: 02 Dec 2020 | 10:06 AM IST

The author painstakingly links events taking place in one theatre with those unfolding in another and how their mutual dynamics affected outcomes in each

Updated On: 03 Sep 2020 | 12:55 AM IST

It is true that many Indians make startling innovations, but these innovators also need the equivalent of the RAF order.

Updated On: 19 Jul 2018 | 5:58 AM IST

The excavated skeletal remains of soldiers and artefacts of a US Air Force B-24 bomber that had crashed in north east India during the second World War were given a full honors ceremony

Updated On: 13 Apr 2016 | 4:07 PM IST