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12 hours ago | newsweek.com | Peter Aitken

The leader of a Russia-led military alliance, Imangali Tasmagambetov, has warned that the world faces the "risk of a new global war" due to recent instability and the proliferation of nuclear weapons among major powers, according to Russian news agency TASS. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. State Department by submission form on Thursday morning for comment. Why It MattersWorld tensions have been rising since Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in early 2022.

12 hours ago | newsweek.com | Joe Edwards

As the deadline to renegotiate Colorado River water use agreements approaches, Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper says he is "frustrated" with the lack of progress on a consensus between the seven basin states. "Colorado should have a right to keep the water that we have been using the way we've been using it, and I don't think we should compromise that," Hickenlooper said after a roundtable in Glenwood Springs with Western Slope water managers on April 15, according to Aspen Journalism.

13 hours ago | newsweek.com | Joe Edwards

The U.K. government's reported plans to allow experiments that could "dim the sun" has sparked comparisons to apocalyptic action film plots and villainous schemes cooked up by cartoon characters. While some see the initiative as a desperate but necessary step amid rising global temperatures, others express alarm at the prospect of interfering with natural systems.

15 hours ago | newsweek.com | Brendan Cole

Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons in response to what it considers to be Western aggression, said one of Vladimir Putin's top officials, who warned that any peacekeeping force overseeing a ceasefire in Ukraine risks World War III. Sergei Shoigu, who was Putin's defense minister at the time of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, told the Tass news agency that Moscow is closely following the military preparations of European countries.

17 hours ago | newsweek.com | Joe Edwards

An air quality alert has been issued for New York City and Long Island due to the potential impact of smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey, prompting state officials to urge residents to limit outdoor activities.