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US-China tensions: how Africa can avoid being caught in a new Cold War

China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled US Hegemony and its Perils on 20 February. It’s an indictment of alleged US foreign interference, intimidation and interventions that began 200 years ago.

The Conversation

'Tetris' Review: Video Game History Becomes a Nail-Biting Political Thriller

'Tetris' is an unexpected thriller about the Cold War-era quest to get the video game rights to what would become a video game phenomenon.

Inverse

The poison umbrella: film sheds new light on infamous cold war killing

Documentary questions why prime suspect was never arrested for 1978 murder in London

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The Scottish bunker built 100ft underground to keep Royals safe from nuclear attack

Decades ago, a bunker 100 feet below the ground was built in Edinburgh to keep members of the Royal Family and high-ranking Government officials safe in the event of a nuclear attack.

Daily Record

Eduardo Porter: Latin America’s stance on Ukraine is trapped in the past

How much do people in Latin America hate the U.S.?

Tribune News Service

Are US military drills in Asia-Pacific a veiled attempt to curb Chinese power?

Recent US military activity in the Asia-Pacific is on the rise, including drills in the Philippines and South Korea as well as a submarine deal struck between the US and Australia. China has, meanwhile, accused the US of encircling the country. FRANCE 24 speaks with an expert to shed light…

France 24

Inside Edinburgh's abandoned 'ghost' village completely frozen in time

Craigiehall was once a well used army base in Edinburgh - used in WWII and the Cold War and included a housing estate for military families. But after cuts to budgets, it has been left derelict.

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Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence

The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak reportedly celebrates AUKUS nuclear submarine win as China warns against 'Cold War' mentality

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly celebrating a huge win as rumours swirl that Australia will purchase his next generation of nuclear submarines.

ABC News

Jimmy Carter's African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years, they mention the recognition of China, the Panama Canal Treaties and the Camp David Accords. Almost no one mentions what Carter achieved in Africa during his presidency. This is a serious oversight.

The Conversation

Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’

The Nottingham post-punk duo’s Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn do not hold back – on the state of the nation or their new album, UK Grim

The Guardian - UK

Conviction of woman involved in British political scandal still under review

The Profumo affair revealed a world of scandal at the height of the Cold War.

The Independent UK

300 new Ulez cameras rolled out — but none in rebel boroughs

Transport for London is installing numberplate-reading technology despite a potential judicial review

Evening Standard

China rips new US House committee on countering Beijing

China has lashed out at a new U_S_ House committee dedicated to countering Beijing, demanding its members “discard their ideological bias and zero-sum Cold War mentality.”

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‘Orion’ military exercises: A fictitious war, but a real test for French troops

Last week France launched Orion 23, months-long military exercises involving thousands of troops, naval and land vehicles, aircraft and an aircraft carrier. The joint military exercises had been in the works since 2020, but as Western powers learned the lessons of the Ukraine war, Orion 23 grew bigger, more ambitious,…

Salon

"Putin shows no sign of stopping"

Novelist and veteran Elliot Ackerman on estimates suggesting that Russians and Ukrainians have each lost 100,000

Reuters

Cold War bunker a life saver in devastated Ukrainian village

For a Ukrainian village devastated by war, Cold War bunkers built to withstand a nuclear attack that never happened have proven a lifeline for residents who have spent much of the past year living in them.

The Guardian - US

Some politicians seem comfortable with the idea of a new cold war. They shouldn’t

Republican leaders draw on Reagan-era nostalgia to unite their party, but a 21st-century cold war would not end well for anyone

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The Guardian - UK

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

Reason

A Conflict Between Liberal Democracy and Authoritarian Nationalism: Implications of the Ideological Stakes in the Russia-Ukraine War

The war is often described as a conflict between authoritarianism and liberal democracy. That reality has some underappreciated implications.

Reuters

Russia tries to close ring around Bakhmut as thawing ground turns to mud

Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned eastern Ukraine's battlefields to mud which could hamper both sides as they try to take the initiative.

Reuters

Blinken says India, South Africa are on slow trajectory away from alignment with Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday countries like India and South Africa, which have not joined the West in denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, were likely on a trajectory away from alignment with Moscow but that process would not happen "in one fell swoop."

The Conversation

Ukraine: this new cold war must end before the world faces Armageddon

One year of war and Russia is still mired in its second invasion of its neighbour’s internationally recognised territory – which turned out to be much bloodier and more devastating than the first due to Ukraine’s incomparably stronger resistance.

Evening Standard

Joe Biden calls Putin’s suspension of Russian involvement in nuclear arms treaty ‘a big mistake’

His comments came as he met in Warsaw with leaders of nine countries making up Nato’s eastern flank

The Independent UK

Russia's sports exile persists 1 year after invading Ukraine

Russia’s reintegration into the world of sports one year after the invasion of Ukraine began threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War

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