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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 ...

Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?

TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the ...

We The People: Marking 80 years since the first atomic bombs were dropped in WWII

In an effort to end the Second World War, the United States made an irreversible decision, changing the course of history: ...

Was dropping atomic bombs on Japan justified? 80 years later, views have changed

The survey was conducted ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The ...

Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The man who survived both atomic bombs

There are not many people who have survived a nuclear attack. There is only one person who officially survived two.

Eighty years ago, with the dropping of two atom bombs on Japan, we entered the age of dread

With the dropping of two atom bombs, 80 years ago this month, humanity reached a tipping point in Hiroshima and Nagaski.

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.

Pilots take off on friendship flight to commemorate 80th anniversary of atomic bombings of Japan

As they fly wing-to-wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former U.S.

‘This can’t happen again’: NC farm boy dropped atomic bomb on Japan 80 years ago

Bombardier Tom Ferebee talked with The Charlotte Observer for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.

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

Despite numerous health issues, survivor Kunihiko Iida, 83, has devoted his retirement years to telling his story as a way to ...
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In Hiroshima on anniversary of atomic bombing there, Cardinal McElroy highlights ‘new moment’ for renewing Catholic teaching on war and peace

In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...