The atomic bomb, a world-changing invention, inflicted suffering and launched the nuclear age

(AP) -- Sometimes inventions save countless lives. Sometimes they end just as many. Sometimes, they do both.The United States dropped the first atomic

The printing press, light bulb, internal combustion engine and computer moved the world into a mostly better future

The printing press, light bulb, internal combustion engine and computer moved the world into a mostly better future

The atomic bomb, a world-changing invention, inflicted suffering and launched the nuclear age  AP News

The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people.

TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars and urging them to stop justifying the possession of nuclear weapons as a method of deterrence.

The UK Government has been urged to put an end to its 'dangerous and immoral' nuclear policy in its commitment to weapons of mass destruction

PRIME MINISTER Andy Burnham has been slammed for appeasing US President Donald Trump by activists holding vigils for the 81st Hiroshima Day today. Mr Burnham has committed to plunge billions into expanding Britain’s nuclear arsenal, which remains under ultimate US control, in line with Mr Trump’s demands for huge milit

A former Navy official described Iran's Strait of Hormuz leverage as, "in some ways, a more powerful weapon than a nuclear bomb."