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The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill

At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State Department that does the same thing for the United States.

The Conversation

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

Salon

Inside Pete Hegseth’s chaotic inner circle as report says defense secretary’s team in ‘cold war’

Questions raised over long-term viability of embattled head of Pentagon as two senior advisers said to be at loggerheads

The Independent UK

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Welcome to Barrow: The nuclear submarine-making U.K. town seeking resurrection from a military spending boom

Barrow-in-Furness has crumbled since the end of the Cold War. Will growing military threats revive the nuclear submarine-manufacturing town?

Fortune

Ukraine war has reignited ‘cold war strategies’, says John le Carré’s son

Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End

The Guardian - UK

Sensors designed to detect nuclear detonations can help track space debris falling to Earth

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

Space

What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk

The Independent UK

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More than 50 years after trying to reach Venus, a failed Soviet spacecraft is about to return to Earth

During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet scientists call Earth’s “twin sister”.

The Conversation

A Zuckerberg-style nuclear bunker on a budget: Cold War era nuclear bunker to go under the hammer for £20k

The bunker was built in 1957 as a Royal Observer Corps post, which was used to monitor potential nuclear attacks and their fallout

Evening Standard

Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological

President Donald Trump’s sweeping range of more than 130 executive orders and other decisions aim to upend everything from long-standing immigration policy to the control of a performing arts center.

The Conversation

Dawn Staley Appears to Shade Geno Auriemma at Her Statue Unveiling

The cold war between the two legendary coaches continues.

Sports Illustrated

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today, yet films about the conflict still struggle to capture its complexities

The Vietnam War (1955–1975) was more than just a chapter in the Cold War.

The Conversation

Global military expenditure sees steepest year-on-year rise since end of Cold War

The world's 15 largest spenders all increased their military expenditure in 2024, with growth especially rapid in Europe and the Middle East.

Euronews

Conflicts Spur 'Unprecedented' Rise In Military Spending

Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said Monday.

International Business Times

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The Independent UK

Officials to test water from Ohio village near Cold War-era weapons plant after newspaper probe

Authorities in Ohio plan to test the water supply across a small village near a former weapons plant after a newspaper investigation published Friday found high levels of radioactivity in samples taken at a school, athletic field, library and other sites

Reason

Michael Beckley: China Is Dangerously Weak

The Danger Zone co-author joins the show to discuss China's peaking power, and why that actually makes them more dangerous.

BANG Premier

Vera Farmiga to star opposite Russell Crowe in Cold War thriller Billion Dollar Spy

Vera Farmiga has joined Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey in Walden Media's upcoming Cold War thriller 'Billion Dollar Spy'.

Latin Times

A Look at the Obscure Cold War Law Revived in Deportation Case Against Pro-Palestinian Activist

The Trump administration is using a rarely invoked Cold War-era immigration statute to justify the potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalill

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International Business Times UK

When Did China Stop Being A US Ally And What Would Happen If They Enter A Trade War

Once Cold War teammates, the US and China split over trade and power. A 100% tariff war, threatened 8 April 2025, could cost households £2,978 ($3,800) yearly and shake the globe.

The Independent UK

Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year

The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress

The Independent UK

Lammy to urge allies to boost defence spending to make Nato ‘more lethal’

It comes after the UK announced the largest sustained increase to defence spending since the Cold War.

The Independent UK

US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens

The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens

International Business Times

'Top Gun' And Batman Star Val Kilmer Dies Aged 65: New York Times

Prolific American actor Val Kilmer, who was propelled to fame with "Top Gun" and went on to starring roles as Batman and Jim Morrison, has died at age 65, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Sweden plans largest military buildup since the Cold War amid Russia threat and uncertain US-EU ties

Sweden’s prime minister says his government wants to ramp up defense spending to a target of 3.5% of the Nordic country’sgross domestic product, marking its largest military buildup since the Cold War

International Business Times

Sweden To Boost Defence Spending $30 Bn Over A Decade

Sweden will increase defence spending by about 300 billion kronor ($30 billion) over the next decade, the prime minister said Wednesday, calling it the nation's biggest rearmament push since the Cold War.

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