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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

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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…

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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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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 Independent UK

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…

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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’

The Independent UK

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.

International Business Times

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 Conversation

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

The Independent UK

'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.

LiveScience

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989

On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported events

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I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent

The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.

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'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.

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Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp break out the star-spangled bunting to celebrate Thanksgiving

In which Britain's top light entertainment couple cover a Cold War classic

Space

'Lunik Heist:' A real-life CIA rocket kidnapping goes to Hollywood

"At a time like this, we need to find more stories from the days when Americans outsmarted the bad guys and planted our flag on the moon."

International Business Times

Beijing's Fears After Trump Fills Key Posts With China Hawks

Donald Trump's cabinet of China hawks have likened the nation's communist rulers to Nazis, levelled Covid conspiracies at them, declared a Cold War, and flagged much greater military support for Taiwan.

The Guardian - UK

Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths

Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime minister

International Business Times

Toxic Towns In Kyrgyzstan Battling Radioactive Danger

In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding mountain roads of Kyrgyzstan.

Evening Standard

Defence Secretary John Healey challenged to increase department spending to 2.5%

Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he expects the Strategic Defence Review to find that the UK is facing the biggest threat since the Cold War.

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Berlin Celebrates 35Th Anniversary Of Fall Of Berlin Wall

Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall with concerts, art, and tributes, emphasizing freedom and unity.

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