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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Experts warn Trump’s trade war with China could erupt into a cold war

Earlier this month, Trump temporarily paused most tariffs while ratcheting up rates on China

The Independent UK

If Crisis or War Comes: Sweden updates its Cold War-era warning booklet to include nuclear threats

The booklet explains what to do in case of a nuclear attack

The Independent UK

South Korea says North Korea has again launched suspected trash-carrying balloons across the border

South Korea says it has detected suspected trash-carrying balloons launched by North Korea, in the latest round of a Cold War-style psychological warfare between the war-divided rivals

The Independent UK

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South Korean activists say they flew anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border

A South Korean activist group says it again flew large balloons carrying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, adding to a campaign that aggravated animosities between the rivals and prompted a resumption of Cold War-style psychological warfare along their border

The Independent UK

Unconventional campaigns continue at border between North and South Korea

Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns continue at the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea – from mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music; to large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries; to small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean…

France 24

In the Hands of the Jury

Plus: A new Cold War, Pope Francis using slurs, Israeli surveillance, and more...

Reason

Video of Marshall University Online Talk on "Putin's Western Supporters"

In the presentation I explain why Putin's regime appeals to these people, and how they compare with Western sympathizers with the USSR during the Cold War.

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A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks

A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel

The Independent UK

Biden plans to use cold-war era law in attempt to lower US prices

Defense Production Act of 1950, passed to streamline production during Korean war, was last used during Covid pandemic

The Guardian - US

The U.S.’s signal of a huge digital shift

Developing countries must stoutly resist a new trap of a digital Cold War, whereby they get bound into digital dependencies either with the United States or China

The Hindu

Nearly 400 hidden Roman forts uncovered from Cold War-era satellite images

Historians have for long debated strategic or political purpose of Roman-era forts in the region

The Independent UK

North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.”

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns against new conflicts as U.S., China, Russia attend ASEAN summit

At East Asia summit, leaders warned against sharpening rivalries. US VP Harris, Chinese Premier Li, Russian FM Lavrov urged to manage differences to avoid a "new Cold War". Leaders' statement omitted mention of South China Sea & Ukraine war. ASEAN chair Widodo: "Responsibility to not create new tensions". UN Sec-Gen…

The Hindu

Russia warns of response as NATO returns to Cold War ‘schemes’

NATO summit outcome to be analysed for threats posed to Russia’s security and ‘all means’ available in response.

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Axios

A U.S. arms race with Russia and China could spin out of control

China is closing the gap with the Cold War era nuclear superpowers.

Radio France Internationale

Russia's decision to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus revives Cold War fears

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus. Ukraine on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nation's Security Council, accusing Moscow of holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Will Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbor and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin has previously issued thinly veiled warnings that he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if Russia were threatened, reviving…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Up in the air: What are we shooting down every day?

In 1957, during the frosty years of the Cold War, Ike and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker established the North American Air Defense Command in anticipation of defending the continent from Soviet long-range bombers — Sputnik was still a few months away — and NORAD went on alert.

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Wales Online

Underground UK city built to survive nuclear attack remains untouched to this day

The series of tunnels and rooms constructed during the Cold War includes a railway station and hospital and was even rumoured to have its own pub

Reuters

Russia declares U.S. Sakharov Foundation 'undesirable'

In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and human rights.

Reuters

China's top diplomat calls for 'dialogue', cooperation with U.S.

China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party's foreign affairs office.

Salon

Cold War legacy lurking in groundwater

Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind

France 24

Xi meets Biden: 'No Cold War', but a 'red line' on Taiwan

The US and Chinese leaders have held a three-hour bilateral from which the two sides produced completely different accounts. What we do know is that Xi Jinping was adamant that Taiwan was a red line he would not cross. Although Joe Biden stated there is "no Cold War" between China…

The National (Scotland)

Alex Salmond defends Chinese Confucius Institutes in security fears row

ALEX Salmond has called for an end to the “Cold War mentality” towards China after it was announced the government may crack down on Confucius…

The Guardian - UK

‘A way through the darkness’: the art show sublimating the horrors of past half-century

In The Horror Show!, artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Polland curate a terrifying tour through the times of their lives, from cold war angst to Gen Z activism

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