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Doomsday Clock reveals Earth is closest it has ever been to apocalypse

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The "Doomsday Clock", which symbolises threat of global apocalypse, is to remain at 100 seconds to midnight - the closest it has ever been.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS), who control the clock, decided to keep the minute hand at its most dangerous position since the concept began in 1947 due to ongoing worldwide disturbances.

With the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine, ongoing climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, the panel warned of a "mixed threat environment," and branded 2022 a "perilous moment" in our history.

They also added that the world was "no safer" than it was last year during a press conference in Washington DC, the Mirror reports.

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