Cold War

A media preview was held on Thursday to view the Snowflake Kingdom Thursday at 250 rue Laurier in Gatineau. Artist Francis Aube, from Quebec City, works on a snow sculpture at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau. Preparations are under way prior to opening day of Winterlude, which begins this weekend. Photo…

The World Trade Organization no longer serves U.S. foreign policy interests. The U.S. and its allies established the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to limit tariffs and quantitative restrictions and to promote trade in goods. Re-christened the WTO in 1995, agreements were added to cover trade in services and discipline domestic…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg received a warm reception upon his arrival Sunday in South Korea, the first leg of a two-nation tour that also included fellow U.S. ally Japan. But a far colder reaction came from China and North Korea, two nations whose officials emphasized on Monday that a growing…

Home News A billowing white mushroom cloud during Operation Ivy, the first test of a hydrogen bomb, at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (Image credit: CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) The Doomsday Clock, created 76 years ago by atomic scientists to warn against a human-made apocalypse, has moved to 90…

Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar speaks during a press conference after unveiling riders for Terengganu’s Polygon Cycling Team in Kuala Terengganu January 13, 2023. ― Bernama pic Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to know. Monday, 16…

On 7 December 2022, a 12-member delegation from Burkina Faso led by Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla embarked on a highly secretive trip to Moscow. Only after questions were raised about the absence of so many of its top officials from Ouagadougou did the government put out a…

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine was the biggest story of 2022. Aside from reviving Cold War fears of nuclear war and playing havoc with energy markets, it’s been a black swan event for a space industry still adjusting to a black swan called COVID. Russia’s flouting of international order set…

A person hails a taxi as heavy snow falls in downtown Vancouver, late Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter. By Ashley JoannouThe Canadian Press…

Home Comics Thriller (Image credit: AWA) The Cold War between the United States and Russia gripped the middle of the 20th century in a high-stakes game of espionage and conquest that threatened to literally destroy the world. Now, the Cold War is back for one retired agent in a new…

This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In America’s rush to build the nuclear arsenal that won the Cold War, safety was sacrificed for speed. Uranium mills that…