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I was a cold war courier – the British leftists who smuggled books into the eastern bloc

Letters: In response to an article about a CIA operation, Carl Gardner on tense days travelling to Prague, and David Parker on his father posting letters inserted into the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88

The Russian Chess Federation announced on Thursday that Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster, has passed away at 88 years old. He gained global recognition for his historic 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer during the Cold War.

The Times of India

Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, has died in Moscow

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OPINION - Why Donald Trump is absolutely right to end the war in Ukraine

The US president has changed the game in a way nobody else has

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer Drops 8 Russia Bombshells That Could Change Life in the UK Forever

In a bold move that has rattled political circles, Keir Starmer announced the largest increase in defense spending since the Cold War during a fiery Commons debate.

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‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism

From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature

The Guardian - UK

The CIA smuggled the Guardian into the eastern bloc during the cold war

The US agency sent the Guardian Weekly alongside 10m books including titles by Orwell and Solzhenitsyn by truck, yacht, balloon and in travellers’ luggage

The Guardian - UK

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Why you should visit this German city packed with Cold War curiosities and oddball festivals

It’s not somewhere that’s often in tourists’ plans, but Chemnitz is hoping for some attention as a European capital of culture this year – James March explores the unorthodox yet charming destination

The Independent UK

U.S. and Canada want to put the new Cold War on ice and play a 4 Nations hockey final for the ages

The U.S. and Canadian hockey teams are trying to skate back the geopolitical tension that has infiltrated the 4 Nations Face-Off as they looked ahead to the championship game Thursday night for what has turned into one of the best international hockey tournaments in decades

The Independent UK

The New Cold War race for digital currencies could redefine global power. Should Australia be in it?

On Donald Trump’s return to the White House, he issued an executive order banning a US “digital dollar”. A compelling new book, framed as a wake-up call to Western policy-makers, reveals the global significance of this move.

The Conversation

US VP JD Vance Compares European Leaders To Cold War Autocrats

US Vice President JD Vance raises concerns over European leaders' actions threatening democratic principles, drawing parallels to Cold War autocrats.

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National Museum of Scotland responds to boycott over Israeli arms links

THE National Museum of Scotland has responded to a campaign group boycotting their cold war exhibit over links to Israel ...

The National (Scotland)

US-China tensions are an opportunity – the EU could become the world’s third great power

In the early 1990s, as the Cold War faded into memory, the Maastricht Treaty established the existence of the European Union (EU). Since its inception, the bloc has jostled for position in an international order increasingly structured around three poles: the United States, Asia and Europe.

The Conversation

Which test includes the memorising of 320 London routes? The Saturday quiz

From Cold War Steve and Benny’s Babbies to President Nixon and a federal agent at large, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal

New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold war

Al Jazeera

Bowie’s Berlin: Up against the wall

David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the wall in Eastern Germany.

WhatToWatch

How to watch Whiskey on the Rocks: stream the Cold War comedy online

Here's how you can watch Whiskey on the Rocks, which lands on Wednesday, January 22.

The Independent UK

Village locals appeal to Gen Z in bid to save historic pub which served Churchill and Cold War Spies

The Elm Tree Inn in Langton Herring served pints to the inventor of the bouncing bomb and Cold War spies

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Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

Donald Trump is an unusual United States president in that he may be the first to strike greater anxiety in allies than in adversaries.

The Conversation

US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war

Social media giant TikTok is preparing to shut down its app in the United States this Sunday – the day that legislation signed by President Joe Biden last year banning the app takes effect.

WhatToWatch

Whiskey on the Rocks: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

Fact-based political satire Whiskey on the Rocks sees Rolf Lassgård play the Swedish PM who averted a Cold War disaster when a Soviet sub ran aground in 1981.

Al Jazeera

Biden administration expected to lift ‘terror’ designation for Cuba: Report

The decision would reverse a move during Donald Trump’s first term to re-name Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’.

The Conversation

Moscow-Washington nuclear hotline has averted war in the past – but cool heads will be needed in Trump’s White House and Putin’s Kremlin

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. This is, of course, unlikely. Even a quick negotiated end to a conflict between Ukraine and Russia would hinge on Ukrainian and Russian willingness to negotiate in good faith – a commodity that is in…

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcaution

The Independent UK

Lammy declares ‘Trump is right’ on defence spending as he warns post-Cold War peace is over

The foreign secretary has used his first major speech of 2025 to go after Putin’s aggression in tearing up the world order and back Trump’s demands for significant increases in defence spending

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