This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Truman’s fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, those two ...

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

New START, and treaties like it, represent humanity’s uneasy attempt to coexist with its own capacity for destruction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during the memorial ceremony for the victims of the atomic bombing at the ...

(Reuters) -Saturday marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima ushered in the age of nuclear weapons. Following ...

NAGASAKI, Japan — The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can ...

While the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dominate historical memory, they were only part of a broader and ...

This week marks 80 years since the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On Saturday, the 42nd annual Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony will commemorate the occasion, offer community members the ...

On the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, peace activists representing faith-based and secular organizations gathered outside the White House Aug. 9 to pray and raise ...

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