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Trump says US is in 'denuclearisation' talks with Russia and China
In a Newsmax interview on Thursday, President Donald Trump said Washington is holding talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at reducing the world's biggest nuclear arsenals — an ambition that lands months after the New START treaty expired.
Trump Says US May Strike Iran's Fortified 'Pickaxe Mountain' Nuclear Site, Rules Out Nuclear Weapons
President Donald Trump told Newsmax the US may have to target Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply buried site linked to Iran's nuclear program, while ruling out nuclear weapons and US ground troops. The threat lands amid US military strike plans, Tehran's warnings, and the midterms countdown.
Iran Open to Nuclear Talks With US, but Vows It Will 'Never Go Back to Square One'
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Monday that Tehran remains willing to negotiate over its nuclear programme with Washington, but will not resume talks on the terms of two years ago — insisting any deal must reflect what he called the other side's broken commitments.
Scientists in Vienna and Beijing Build the World's First Nuclear Clocks
Two independent teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the world's first operating nuclear clocks, a breakthrough described in Nature that could eventually out-perform the best atomic clocks and open a new window onto fundamental physics.
Trump Suggests Iran Could 'Take Out' Los Angeles or San Diego, Sparking Bipartisan Outrage
At a midterm rally in Nebraska, President Trump said Iran could 'take out a city' and named Los Angeles and San Diego as acceptable losses in the Iran war — drawing condemnation from Governor Newsom, Democrats and even a GOP candidate, while the White House insisted the remark was about preventing a nuclear Iran.
Moon Reactor Race: US Targets 2030 Lunar Nuclear Plant to Beat China and Russia
NASA wants a working nuclear reactor at the Moon's south pole by December 2030, six years before a planned Russia–China reactor comes online in 2036 — a contest scientists say could decide who controls the most valuable terrain on the lunar surface.