Checkpoint

Tears for Fears are heading out on a summer tour of North America. The Tipping Point Tour Part II kicks off in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 23, and wraps up six weeks later in Los Angeles. Cold War Kids will support on all dates. Tears for Fears returned…

Hours before Russia’s federal security service, the FSB, came for him, my best friend, Evan Gershkovich, sent me a text. How will Arsenal, the football team we both passionately supported from childhood, perform after the international break? he asked. Was Gabriel Jesus finally ready to start his first game after…

The Checkpoint Charlie Museum seems suited for tourists, and the air-raid ruins of a church convey memory exhaustion and mixed signals. ...Read More

Updated March 31, 2023 — 4.13am Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a US correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release. Gershkovich could face up…

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Russia’s main security agency announced Thursday it has detained an American journalist, whom it has accused of espionage. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Federal Security Service in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg. He is the first American journalist detained on spying accusations since the Cold…

NEWS AND OPINION: Let’s all look back to another time when the idea of “strategic deterrence” and “peace through strength” could be found in political conversations and news coverage. Those two Cold War-era phrases are associated with President Reagan, who deployed them on the global stage as the nation faced…

British Army would 'require five to ten years of notice from Putin' to repel a Russian invasion (Image: Getty) Top military official General Sir Richard Barrons has warned that the British Army has suffered tremendously as a result of cuts and a lack of investment, leaving troops incapable of defending…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping make a toast following their talks at the Kremlin on March 21, 2023 - Copyright AFP Emmanuel DUNAND It says a lot about the state of this world. With all the turmoil of climate, economics, poverty, and deranged politics, a new…

Ron DeSantis faced a wave of attacks from prominent Donald Trump supporters after insisting he won't be "getting involved" in the former president's potential extradition to New York if he is charged over an alleged $130,000 hush payment sent to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Reacting to the…