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His many prophecies are still referenced and he continues to appear in popular culture.

And did he have any predictions about future world wars?

Heres what you need to know:

Born Michel de Nostredame in the 16th century.

He was an astrologer, physician and reputed seer.

His name is usually Latinised as Nostradamus.

He is most famous for his book Les Prophties, which was a collection of 942 poetic quatrains that were said to predict future events.

Could Nostradamus see the future?

The answer to this is heavily contested.

His supporters claim that he predicted such events as the Great Fire of London, the French Revolution, the rises of Napoleon and Adolf Hitler, both world wars, and the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

But academic research from the 1980s unearthed a lot of personal correspondence and other artifacts that cast doubt on the prophetic nature of his predictions.

They found that not one of Nostradamuss contemporary prophesies listed was backed up by any known contemporary documentary evidence.

Many of his prophecies have also been misinterpreted and wrongly applied to current disasters such as 9/11.

Did Nostradamus predict there would be a WW3?

His supporters claim that the Frenchman foresaw both of the world wars in the 20th century.

'Nostradamus believes it will be a great protracted war, 25 to 29 years, followed by lesser battles,' he stated last year.

But once again it needs stating that academics have long poured cold water on the so-called prophetic nature of Nostradamus writings.

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US President Joe Biden on Saturday said an alternative to sanctions that Washington has slapped on Russia would be the Third World War.

"You have two options. Start a Third World War, go to war with Russia, physically. Or two, make sure that the country that acts so contrary to international law ends up paying a price for having done it," Biden said in an interview with blogger Brian Tyler Cohen. The video was posted on his YouTube page on Saturday (26 February).

Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the policy of sanctions is aimed at eliminating Russia as a competitor and is leading to another world war.

Russia is being pushed towards a third world war. We should be very reserved and steer clear of it. Because nuclear war is the end of everything," Lukashenko said Sunday, reports TASS.

He noted that the rigid sanctions imposed bythe western countries are worse than war.

"In a situation like this, we should be aware that there are such sanctions. A great deal is being said about the banking sector. Gas, oil, SWIFT. It's worse than war."

"This is the problem they are addressing. They have gone as far as war," the Belarusian leader said.

The US President said that no sanctions are immediate. "But I think these sanctions, I know these sanctions are the broadest sanctions in history, and economic sanctions and political sanctions," Biden said.

"Russia will pay a serious price for this short term and long term, particularly long term," the US leader stressed.

Countersanctions for the West

Lukashenko warned that Minsk and Moscow would take very panful sanctions against the West.

"Our sanctions, to be taken by Russia and Belarus, will be very panful These mechanisms have already started working. If need be, we will be building up these measures, but not to our own detriment," the Belarusian leader said.

He warned that another iron curtain was about to fall.

On 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in order to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories. Its objective is demilitarization and denazification of the country.

When clarifying the unfolding developments, the Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population.

A number of countries, including the US, have declared tough sanctions against Russia. The US Department of Treasury has announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

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Albert Einstein is known for introducing the theory that E=mc2, but people all around the world are focusing on one of his more poignant quotes this week.

Einstein was well aware of the damaging effects of nuclear warfare and described his role in the development of the atom bomb as indirect.

However, his quote about what atrocities could come with World War Three remains a harrowing reminder of mankinds own scientific developments.

Einstein is often quoted as having said:

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

While the origin of the quote is often debated, the point still rings clear. The impact that nuclear war could have on the world is devastating, and this quote conveys that in such a short sentence.

If humans are around for a World War Four following a potential WW3, it is unlikely there will be anything left to fight with due to the magnitude and brutality of nuclear weapons.

In the 1920s, Einstein collaborated with Leo Szilrd to develop and patentan energy-efficient fridge. The pair eventually ended their partnership but stayed in touch.

In 1933, Szilrd discoveredthe nuclear chain reaction (the process that unleashes the energy locked in atoms to create explosions) and according to National Geographic became convinced that German scientists might be using current scientific developments to develop an atomic weapon.

He approached Einstein and asked him to help contact US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. So, Einstein drafted a letter to Roosevelt that warned of what might happen if the Nazis developed an atomic bomb before the United States.

In the letter Einstein advised that Roosevelt should fund an initiative to research atomic energy and wrote: It appears almost certain that [a nuclear chain reaction] could be achieved in the immediate future.

Two months after receiving Einsteins letter, the Roosevelt-appointedAdvisory Committee on Uraniummet for the first time. It was the predecessor of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret government project that eventually invented a working atom bomb.

When writing about the bombs development in a Japanese magazine in 1952, Einstein said: I was well aware of the dreadful danger for all mankind, if these experiments would succeed. I did not see any other way out.

The American Museum of Natural History explains that while Einsteins equation E=mc2 explains the energy released in an atomic bomb it did not explain how to build one.

The scientist often reminded people: I do not consider myself the father of the release of atomic energy. My part in it was quite indirect.

When asked by a Japanese magazine editor why he cooperated in the production of atomic bombs, Einstein reaffirmed that his only act had been to write to Roosevelt.

However, in an interview withNewsweekmagazine, Einstein said: Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in developing an atomic bomb, I would have done nothing.

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Britain will hit five Russian banks and three wealthy individuals with sanctions, Boris Johnson announced under a first barrage of punitive measures ahead of a feared full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But

The Prime Minister described on Tuesday the troops being sent by Vladimir Putin into the Donbas region under the guise of being peacekeepers as a renewed invasion of Ukraine.

He said the Russian President is establishing the pretext for a full-scale offensive as he warned this could include the capture of the capitol Kyiv by the nearly 200,000 troops amassed on Ukraines borders.

Mr Johnson told the Commons immediate sanctions would be deployed against the Russian banks Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank, as well as three very high net wealth individuals.

Any assets they hold in the UK will be frozen, the individuals concerned will be banned from travelling here and we will prohibit all UK individuals and entities from having any dealings with them, he told MPs.

This the first tranche, the first barrage, of what we are prepared to do and we hold further sanctions at readiness to be deployed.

Only one man knows the answer to that question: Vladimir Putin. He isnt exactly an open book.

He has made it clear he does not accept Ukraines right to independence and considers its land to be part of Russias imperial birthright.

Well will these sanctions be enough to stop Putin in his tracks? Id say its doubtful.

So are we facing WW3? Nobody wants it but it is a possibility.

Please dont panic, look at these memes, then maybe have a stiff drink. Thats what Im doing!

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How to cope with threat of WW3? Hopefully these memes will helpa bit - The London Economic

It was announced that it would be remaining at 100 seconds to midnight for 2022.

This is the closest to midnight the clock has ever been.

The countdown - a metaphor for global collapse - took into account dangerous threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, disruptive technologies and COVID-19.

While nuclear war remains extremely unlikely it could have a devastating impact.

Previously The News revealed that Portsmouth was one of the key Russian targets during the cold war along with many other cities across this country.

But what about targets in America could WW3 see Washington D.C. and other major cities targeted by missiles.

Russia continues to amass troops on the border with Ukraine, while President Biden announced that U.S troops were on standby to be sent to Eastern Europe in the case of an invasion.

NUKEMAP calculates the predicted number of fatalities and injuries that would be caused - based on the size of the bomb dropped on a city for this story we have selected the option of the bomb exploding as an airblast.

So if the Little Boy 15 kiloton bomb, which was dropped by the US on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in WW2, fell on Los Angeles which is the second largest city in the United States - it is estimated that 100,040 people would die and another 150,700 would be injured.

The fireball would have a radius of 180m, the air blast radius - which would severely damage buildings would be 340m and the radiation radius where death rates would be between 50% and 90% - would be 1.2km.

However the Little Boy' hasnt been used since WW2, so if a 800kt Topol nuke currently the largest in the Russian arsenal was used on L.A. it would be much more devastating.

With an estimated 582,880 fatalities and an estimated 1,454,320 people injured.

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It was announced that it would be remaining at 100 seconds to midnight for 2022.

This is the closest to midnight the clock has ever been.

The countdown - a metaphor for global collapse - took into account dangerous threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, disruptive technologies and COVID-19.

North Korea confirmed over the weekend that it had tested its biggest ballistic missile in years.

The launch of the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was first reported by South Korean and Japanese authorities.

It is the seventh missile test carried out by the North Koreans this month.

Sky News reported that North Korea has previously said the Hwasong-12 can carry a large-size heavy nuclear warhead, and analysts estimate it has a range of 2,800 miles (4,500km).

But what if North Korea fired the missile at its regional rival South Korea?

NUKEMAP calculates the predicted number of fatalities and injuries that would be caused - based on the size of the bomb dropped on a city for this story we have selected the option of the bomb exploding as an airblast.

In this case Seoul, the capital and largest city in South Korea.

So if the North Korean weapon tested in 2013 which is 10kt it is estimated that 77,670 would die and 268,590 would be injured.

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From appearing in the likes of Watchmen to inspiring a Linkin Park album in the mid-00s.

However you might be wondering what it actually is.

But what is the Doomsday Clock and can it predict World War Three?

Here's all you need to know:

What is the Doomsday Clock?

The Doomsday Clock is a symbol which represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe.

It has existed since 1947 and is maintained by the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board.

During the cold war it was used as an analogy for the chances of global nuclear holocaust.

With midnight representing a global catastrophe and the minutes to midnight representing how close the world is to it.

While originally referring to a nuclear apocalypse - the Doomsday clock also now includes climate change as part of the global catastrophe.

What is the current minutes to midnight?

In January 2020, the clock was moved to 100 seconds to midnight and it remains at that level.

It was announced this week that it would be remaining at this level due to the dangerous threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, disruptive technologies and COVID-19

This is the closest the Doomsday Clock has been to midnight since 1953 - when the hands were also at 2.

The furthest it has been from midnight was 17 - following the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

However the closest the world came to a Nuclear War was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 - but that climax and resolved before the minutes could be changed.

Does the Doomsday Clock predict WW3?

No the clock isnt a predictor of the chances of World War Three just the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Boards belief of how close the world is to a global man-made catastrophe.

When deciding on the minutes to midnight for any given year they consider a wide range of factors which might include Politics, Energy, Weapons, Diplomacy, and Climate science.

With potential threats including nuclear threats, climate change, bio-terrorism, and artificial intelligence.

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Explosions have been reported across the country through the night.

It comes days after Russia recognised two separatist regions in the east of Ukraine.

The invasion of the country by Russia could flare tensions between the nation and the west.

However of course despite this the chances of WW3 remain extremely slim although the Doomsday Clock, which tracks the possibility of the end of the World, is at two minutes to midnight, the closest approach to midnight, matching that of 1953.

The News previously revealed a hit list of Russian targets in the UK in the event of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union during Cold War.

Cold War predictions drawn up in secret by the British government reveal the extent of a Russian nuclear strike on the UK.

Portsmouth's Naval Base was on the list of target.

At the height of nuclear tensions in the 1970s and 80s, at least 38 towns and cities were feared to be at risk from a strike from the Soviet Union and Portsmouth was one of the key targets.

Dozens of army, navy and air force bases were also earmarked for destruction, with Portsmouth Naval Base topping the list of strategic targets.

The city is home to a majority of the Royal Navys fleet, as well as the Senior Services HQ where much of its top brass are located.

Bases in nearby Gosport and Fareham also house thousands sailors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously made no secret of the fact he is willing to use nukes and relations between the UK and Russia have reached new lows over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal as fears of a new Cold War grow.

UK defence officials drew up a list of 106 locations they believed were a target for Russia marking them as probable nuclear targets.

Alongside these major population centres were 23 RAF bases, 14 USAF bases, 10 radar stations, eight military command centres, and 13 Royal Navy bases.

It is not known if the list of probable targets has changed since the Cold War.

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