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World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

'I saw the horrors in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb'

A World War Two veteran has been presented with a letter of thanks by the first minister of Wales.

We can celebrate VJ Day. Dropping atomic bombs was morally justified

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

On This Day, Aug. 9: U.S. drops second atomic bomb on Japan, ending WWII

On August 9, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days ...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff discusses his new book about the atomic bomb

Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war 80 years after atomic bomb attack

The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb ...

Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were ...

Opinion: I survived an atomic bomb. It’s time to end the nuclear threat.

I was 13 years old on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. We lived less than two ...

Atomic bomb shelter in New Mexico hits market for $2M, boasts 20-megaton blast resistance

A former atomic bomb shelter in New Mexico is for sale. Discover the surprising amenities hidden beneath an unassuming warehouse in Torrance County. Thursday, August 21, 2025 Business of the ...