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Fort Cronkhite: The abandoned WWII fort near San Francisco where giant 16-inch guns once shook the city

Fort Cronkhite, a former WWII military post in California’s Marin Headlands, once helped protect San Francisco Bay with massive 16-inch guns. Now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the historic site preserves wartime buildings and military defenses alongside beaches, trails and Pacific views. Visitors can explore Battery Townsley…

The Times of India · 20h ago

Mysterious American Spy Satellite Explodes in Space as Officials Claim 'Further Analysis Is Ongoing'

USA 32, a Cold War-era US signals-intelligence satellite, fragmented about 775 kilometres above Earth, adding debris to a busy orbital region. Officials say analysis is ongoing

International Business Times UK · Oct 1

Man City sparked a legal cold war and these clues suggest how it will end

INSIDE STORY: The reported Man City verdict has sent shockwaves through the sport, writes Miguel Delaney, with fresh details surrounding the ‘legal cold war’ that consumed the Premier League for three years

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Spy Images Reveal Lost Forts: Declassified Cold War scans find 396 Roman sites; frontier seen as trade network

In 2013, archaeologists used declassified Cold War satellite imagery to uncover hundreds of previously unknown Roman forts across Syria and northern Iraq. The discoveries challenged the long-held idea that Rome’s eastern frontier formed a defensive barrier, instead revealing a connected network that supported trade, troop movement and communication. The research…

The Times of India · Sep 22

Cuba Pulls Half Its Diplomats From Seoul: What's Really Behind the Quiet Drawdown

Cuba pulled two of four diplomats from its Seoul embassy this month. Havana calls it routine, but the full context tells a fuller story.

Latin Times · Sep 18

Cold War Nukes Still Missing: Three US bombs vanished in accidents; experts say recovery unlikely

During the Cold War, three nuclear bombs belonging to the US military vanished without a trace. In 1958, one disappeared near Tybee Island, Georgia, while another plummeted into the depths of the Philippine Sea after an aircraft mishap from a carrier. The third was lost in an incident involving a…

The Times of India · Sep 18

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AI at ‘pro-human’ summit

Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese ‘cold war’

The Guardian - US · Sep 15

The Rouse by China Miéville review – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author

Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousness

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

United States Space Force says US has weapons in orbit

Once a hunting ground for Cold War bragging rights, space has now evolved into a key strategic arena, as states jostle for a military and technological edge.

Euronews · Sep 14

9/11 unleashed two decades of war. Now Putin is exploiting the damage

IN DEPTH: The horror of the attacks 25 years ago and their aftermath has seen the Cold War replaced by endless conflict between competing cultures and religions, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Sep 9