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Village locals appeal to Gen Z in bid to save historic pub which served Churchill and Cold War Spies

The Elm Tree Inn in Langton Herring served pints to the inventor of the bouncing bomb and Cold War spies

The Independent UK

Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

Donald Trump is an unusual United States president in that he may be the first to strike greater anxiety in allies than in adversaries.

The Conversation

US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war

Social media giant TikTok is preparing to shut down its app in the United States this Sunday – the day that legislation signed by President Joe Biden last year banning the app takes effect.

The Conversation

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Whiskey on the Rocks: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

Fact-based political satire Whiskey on the Rocks sees Rolf Lassgård play the Swedish PM who averted a Cold War disaster when a Soviet sub ran aground in 1981.

WhatToWatch

Biden administration expected to lift ‘terror’ designation for Cuba: Report

The decision would reverse a move during Donald Trump’s first term to re-name Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’.

Al Jazeera

Moscow-Washington nuclear hotline has averted war in the past – but cool heads will be needed in Trump’s White House and Putin’s Kremlin

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. This is, of course, unlikely. Even a quick negotiated end to a conflict between Ukraine and Russia would hinge on Ukrainian and Russian willingness to negotiate in good faith – a commodity that is in…

The Conversation

Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcaution

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Lammy declares ‘Trump is right’ on defence spending as he warns post-Cold War peace is over

The foreign secretary has used his first major speech of 2025 to go after Putin’s aggression in tearing up the world order and back Trump’s demands for significant increases in defence spending

The Independent UK

Post-cold war peace ‘well and truly over’, warns David Lammy

Foreign secretary says keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia

The Guardian - UK

Communist spies and assassination attempts: how the cold war still shapes South Korean politics

Attitudes to North Korea are key to understanding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to impose martial law and its aftermath

The Guardian - AU

Atomfall isn't Rebellion's Fallout, it's something far more interesting: "We like to think of it as X-Files in the Cold War Lake District"

Big in 2025 | We speak to Rebellion Developments about Atomfall, an upcoming detective-survival game where the information you wield is as deadly as any weapon

GamesRadar

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reportedly surpasses Red Dead Redemption 2's huge development costs, with a massive $700 million budget

It apparently sold 30 million copies

GamesRadar

How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so help me God’ in the presidential oath of office

On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump will take the presidential oath of office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” And then…

The Conversation

NORAD's Annual Santa Tracking Tradition

Discover the global phenomenon of tracking Santa Claus with NORAD, captivating children worldwide on Christmas Eve.

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The Independent UK

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War says that fears of his mother’s poisoning in Berlin have proven false

The Conversation

Marco Rubio is no friend of Havana − but does Trump’s pick for secretary of state mean Cuba policy is set?

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.

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Hafta letters: Shehla Rashid interview, geopolitics, Hafta guests, standup comedy

NiranjanFirst-time writer sick of the tirade against Anand, just voicing some support (not that Judge Saab needs it). Modi and government bashing is easy and we have Abhi to do it in very colourful words. I don’t expect Anand to participate in it. Rather than pass black and white judgements…

The Independent UK

Britain is failing to prepare itself for war with Russia, top general warns

In a dramatic intervention, Richard Shirreff says Britain must ‘fight a second cold war to avoid a third world war’

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International Business Times

Vindicated By Yoon's Martial Law, S. Korea's Conspiracy Theorists Vow Backing

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's dark claims of communist infiltration when declaring martial law last week may have seemed to many like a throwback to the Cold War.

The Conversation

Links between gender stereotypes and American patriotism date from the Cold War − but weren’t true then either

In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America,…

The Independent UK

Scars of December: A pivotal Cold War-era battle in Greece quietly passes its 80th anniversary

Eighty years ago, the December Uprising of 1944, known as the Dekemvrianá, turned Athens into a battlefield as British-backed forces clashed with communist-led resistance fighters in the waning days of World War II

LiveScience

'It's hard not to believe he saw something': Historian Greg Eghigian on how UFOs took over the world

An artist's impression of UFOs appearing over a small town.

The Guardian - UK

Black Doves to The Agency: the seven best shows to stream this week

It’s spy week! Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw lead Joe Barton’s slick, nasty festive thriller, while Michael Fassbender stars in a very serious cold war show

International Business Times

NASA Radar Reveals Cold War 'City Under The Ice' In Greenland: 'We Didn't Know What It Was'

Camp Century was a U.S. military base that became buried by snow and ice after being abandoned in 1967.

Evening Standard

Nasa scan reveals abandoned Cold War 'nuclear' city under Greenland ice

New radar device will ultimately be used to measure thickness of ice sheets in similar environments such as Antarctica

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