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US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

The Independent UK

The SCO is a success story that can get better

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s success story is part of the broader global partnership of emerging economies and developing countries

The Hindu

Helsinki 1952: Summer Olympics at the height of the Cold War

From 19 July to 3 August 1952, the Finnish capital Helsinki hosted the 15th Summer Olympics, the first games of the modern era. The world's biggest sporting event after the Second World War took place at the height of the Cold War and marked the beginning of East-West rivalry.

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When Greenland was green

Frozen soil extracted during the Cold War reveals a time when Greenland was free of ice. It could happen again

Salon

UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades

The Independent UK

Soviet spies in Africa: How the KGB expanded Russian influence during the Cold War

Russian influence in Africa has deep historical roots, from supporting an attempted coup in Ghana to spreading fake political news in Algeria and training African fighters in Crimea. FRANCE 24 looks back on four little-known Soviet operations aimed at furthering Russian interests in Africa during the Cold War

France 24

From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the efforts made by Russian spies during the Cold War to counter…

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Shocking evidence of crimes against British servicemen in Cold War radiation experiments

The nuked blood scandal first exposed by the Mirror last year has uncovered shocking new evidence of possible crimes committed by the British state against its own servicemen

Daily Mirror

Milan Kundera: ‘funny, experimental, worldly’

Famously exiled from cold war Czechoslovakia by the Russian invasion, the novelist used his exclusion to find new ways to live and write• Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94

The Guardian - UK

NHS at 75: Recognising the Vale of Leven Hospital's vital role in the community

The Vale was the NHS' first purpose built hospital, with the looming shadow of the cold war playing a major role in its location - and design.

Daily Record

The invasion of Ukraine spurred NATO to revamp its defense plans against Russian attack

U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts have endorsed the biggest shakeup of the way the military alliance would respond to any attack on its territory by Russia since the Cold War

The Independent UK

A Spy Among Friends: release date, cast, interviews, plot, trailer, first looks and all about the espionage drama

A Spy Among Friends stars Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in an espionage thriller based on a true story of treachery during the Cold War.

WhatToWatch

US senators seek expanded compensation for those exposed to nuclear fallout

U.S. senators from New Mexico and Idaho are making another push to expand the federal government’s compensation program for people exposed to radiation from uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War

The Independent UK

Nato’s new plans to defend Europe from Putin

Nato members are set to approve the most comprehensive shake-up of the alliance’s defence plans since the end of the Cold War.

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How to be friends with China

Avoiding being dragged into a potential new Cold War in the Indo-Pacific remains a strategic priority in Wellington, writes Dr Nicholas Ross Smith

Daily Mirror

MoD has 'no idea' how many Cold War veterans are infertile due to radiation experiments

Yet another veteran of the Cold War has died alone without family, with friends desperately trying to trace distant relatives in the hope they can attend his funeral

Bangkok Post

Is Germany Europe's new defining military power?

As pundits and Western officials speculated wildly this week on what the apparent exile of the Wagner Group and its chief Yevgeniy Prighozin to Belarus might mean, Germany announced it would move to base 4,000 troops -- an entire combat brigade -- in neighbouring Lithuania.

Evening Standard

PlayStation Plus July monthly games announced

July’s PlayStation Plus games include Alan Wake Remastered, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Endling

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Manipur unrest refreshes cold war between Naga extremist groups

The ongoing ethnic conflict between two communities in Manipur has refreshed the cold war between two Naga extremist groups based mainly in adjoining Nagaland

Daily Mirror

PS Plus Essential July 2023: get ready for Alan Wake 2 with remastered original for free

Alan Wake Remastered, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, and Endling: Extinction is Forever are your PS Plus Essential games this month

Daily Mirror

PS Plus July 2023 leaks reveal Call of Duty and Alan Wake as free games for Essential tier

PS Plus leaker Billbil-Kun has revealed that Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, Alan Wake Remastered and Endling Extinction is Forever will be our PS Plus essential titles for July 2023

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The risks of a digital cold war

Any US ban on Chinese-owned TikTok ignores the bigger issue of who should control personal data in the first place: the individuals who use any app, argues Dr Chunmeizi Su

The Independent UK

What to know about India's ties with Russia

India considers Russia a time-tested ally from the Cold War era with key cooperation in defense, oil, nuclear energy and space exploration

The Week

Active nonalignment: the Global South’s new foreign policy in face of Ukraine war

Boston University’s Jorge Heine explains why the Global South is seeking to maintain good relations with both the United States and China.

360info

Cheap Russian oil fuels India’s response to Ukraine war

The West expected India to turn its back on Russia, but a look at the numbers shows that expectation never seemed realistic or likely.

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