The Chicago-based nonprofit announced today the decision to advance its Doomsday Clock closer to midnight by 30 seconds. The clock is now two minutes to midnight, the symbolic hour of imminent doom.

The nuclear ‘Doomsday Clock’ is ticking closer to midnight amid ‘commonplace’ talk of World War III, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday while issuing a warning.

As the Doomsday Clock edges ever closer to midnight, Russia is racing to pull the hands back by working to avert nuclear catastrophe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.