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France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on

In recent months, the viability of France’s nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French “nuclear umbrella” that might shield its allies on the European continent. In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements regarding the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in…

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Britons ‘better learn to speak Russian’ without major defence spending hike, Nato chief warns

The Nato secretary general said there is no discrepancy between the UK's current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5 per cent of GDP

The Independent UK

Why Nato has raised the voices of doom to a scream

ANALYSIS: Mark Rutte’s demands for a huge increase in defence spending are a necessary evil, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

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What is the Pentagon Pizza theory eating away at the internet?

A theory that dates back to the Cold War is gaining traction online, with memes and posts going viral. But what is the Pentagon Pizza Meter?

Euronews

Wagner Group UK proxy instructed to use Cold War drama as a ‘manual’

Dylan Earl has admitted orchestrating an arson attack on a warehouse and plotting to burn down businesses and kidnap their Russian dissident owner.

Evening Standard

China warns US not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan

Beijing says the US is touting Cold War mentality after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls China threat to the region.

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China says Hegseth calling it a threat is touting a Cold War mentality

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality

The Independent UK

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

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.

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The Independent UK

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 Conversation

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”.

Evening Standard

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

The Conversation

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.

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Dawn Staley Appears to Shade Geno Auriemma at Her Statue Unveiling

The cold war between the two legendary coaches continues.

The Conversation

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.

Euronews

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.

International Business Times

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.

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.

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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'.

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