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On This Day, June 5: D-Day, Operation Blue Star, RFK assassination, AIDS epidemic, Marshall Plan and other key events

On This Day, June 5, history witnessed several defining moments across war, politics and social change. The date is associated with the D-Day invasion preparations in 1944, Operation Blue Star in 1984, the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981 and Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968. It also marks…

The Economic Times

China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 events

Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates ranging into the thousands. This event, marked by student-led demonstrations and a government crackdown, remains a sensitive topic in China. Landmark dates leading up to the…

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This Week in History: From the Tiananmen Square massacre to the loss of a boxing icon

Explore how major events between 1 and 7 June were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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This Week in History: From a Mafia murder to touchdown on Mars

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Trump-Xi summit: in a high-stakes meeting the two leaders can’t afford to misread each other

The summit between Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and US president, Donald Trump, reportedly covered a lot of ground. The two leaders are said to have discussed trade, technology and the war in Iran, agreeing that Strait of Hormuz should be kept open. But the most potentially hazardous issue they covered…

The Conversation

Chernobyl, 40 years on: the disaster that triggered the downfall of a superpower

As radiation spread across Europe in April 1986, so did the truth about a political system built on silence. Four decades on, RFI spoke to history and politics professor Oleg Kobtzeff about how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster exposed the USSR's culture of secrecy, and was among the catalysts for its…

Radio France Internationale

Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again.

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Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens.

The Conversation

I was in Georgia in the late 1980s: I observed how tradition survived harsh Sovietisation and rapid transformation

When Soviet president and Communist party secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) in the mid-1980s, it marked the beginning of cautious reforms of the Soviet Union. Georgia, or the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, to give it its full name at the time, was on…

The Conversation

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs

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The Independent UK

This Week in History: Mafia mozzarella, war in Iraq and a united Germany

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The Independent UK

This Week in History: Blizzards, hijackings and the loss of a princess

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 22 and 28 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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Putin Promises No More Wars If Russia is 'Treated With Respect'

During a Kremlin-organized broadcast, where he answered questions from international journalists, the Russian president promised that there would be no more "special military operations" if the West treated Russia with "respect."

International Business Times

This Week in History: Soviet collapse, Clinton’s impeachment, and the death of Pinochet

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 8 and 14 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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Nancy Reagan’s rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr’s overfed dog: chief usher’s White House memories

Gary Walters managed the president’s official residence for 37 years – now he’s sharing his most vivid recollections

The Independent UK

This Week in History: 3-9 November

From elections and scandals to the moments that made history, dive into The Independent’s front pages and see how this week’s stories unfolded through the years

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Mutual inconvenience: why Alaska for the Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine?

Remote US state is not an easy destination for either leader, but the choice of venue reflects the many factors at play

Radio France Internationale

The troubled legacy of Ion Iliescu, who rebuilt Romania but left it torn in two

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after Communism, helped bring down the country’s dictatorship and led its transition to democracy and a market economy. A central figure in the 1989 revolution, he went on to serve three terms as head of state – but was later charged with crimes…

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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines

This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.

The Independent UK

Where Trump and Putin could meet as presidents expected to reunite for Ukraine ceasefire summit

With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet

Benzinga

'I Hope You're Losing Tons of Money': Jeff Daniels Blasts Trump Supporters Over Economic Fallout

Jeff Daniels may be known for his wide-ranging film roles — from the slapstick Harry in "Dumb and Dumber" to a serious Atticus Finch on Broadway — but his latest comments about politics and the economy have drawn attention for a very different reason.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin: After 25 years in power, what next for Russia’s president?

From chasing rats as a child to the KGB, how 72-year-old Putin came to power – and what drives him now.

Euronews

Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB spy who defected to the UK in the Cold War, dies at 86

Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to the UK, has died at home in England.

Evening Standard

Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war

The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the Cold War.

The Guardian - US

Republican Russophilia: how Trump Putin-ised a party of cold war hawks

The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan – and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the global order

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