| Updated Fri, January 27th 2017 at 07:22 GMT +3Lawrence Krauss (L), chairman of the 'Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Board of Sponsors, and board member Thomas Pickering (R), a former U.S. REUTERS/Jim BourgAtomic scientists reset their symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. The clock was last set this close to midnight in 1953, marking the start of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Trump has suggested South Korea and Japan could acquire nuclear weapons to compete with North Korea, which has conducted nuclear tests. Chinese aid to Pakistan in the nuclear weapons field, as well as the expansion of India and Pakistan's nuclear arsenals, were also worrisome, the bulletin said in a statement.

Source: Standard Digital January 27, 2017 04:23 UTC