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East Sheen house which was home to a Cold War spymaster and Olympic medallist for sale for £5m

Bevis Reid and Harold Taplin Shergold, who caught the British double agent George Blake, moved to the house in the 1960s

Evening Standard

Mark Cuban Lists 8 Reasons Boomers See The World Differently — And Says It's Time For A Leader Who Unites Us

Protesters gathered worldwide on June 14 for the "No Kings Day" demonstration — an event focused on rejecting authoritarianism and celebrating democratic values. The protests made headlines not just for its message, but for its participants: a large contingent of Baby Boomers, many draped in U.S flags and holding signs…

Benzinga

Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons

When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a surprisingly common element that plays a crucial role in modern energy, medicine and geopolitics.

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UK To Acquire F-35As-Nuclear Capable Fighter Jets: Are They Joining The Fight?

Britain is getting 12 new F-35A fighter jets from the United States to boost its air defence capability, the nation's national security and join the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) in its quest for dual capable aircraft nuclear mission in the European and American regions.

International Business Times UK

UK buys new F-35 fighter jets to carry nuclear warheads

Ministers hail the announcement as the ‘biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation’

The Independent UK

B-2 bomber pilots had microwave, snacks and toilets on the 37-hour flight to demolish Iranian nuclear plants

Each B-2 costs more than $2 billion and were originally built during the Cold War to carry nuclear weapons

The Independent UK

Was the Cold War a Deception?

The American Enterprise Institute's Hal Brands and investigative journalist Gareth Porter debate the necessity of the Cold War.

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22 People Share Real-Life Villains They Regret Mistaking For Heroes At First

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

Bored Panda

Cambodia bans Thai movies and TV shows in latest border feud tit-for-tat

Cambodia has escalated its cold war with Thailand by announcing a ban on Thai movies and TV shows and a boycott of the neighboring country’s international internet links

The Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

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

The Untold History of the Internet

When most people think about the internet, they picture smartphones, streaming videos, and social media platforms. But the story behind how we got here is...

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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?

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Evening Standard

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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 Conversation

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.

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Salon

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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?

The Guardian - UK

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

Space

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.

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”.

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