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Nuclear ‘Close-Calls’ Prove Deterrence No Guarantee for Peace Cold War

Nuclear ‘Close-Calls’ Prove Deterrence No Guarantee for Peace

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Conferences, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Attendees at the NPT Review Conference side event titled 'Preventing Nuclear Use and Escalation: Lessons from Nuclear Close Calls. ' Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS…
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May 8, 2026
‘Rare tech glitch’: Shaw Theatres refunds moviegoers after wrong film screened in Choa Chu Kang cinema , Entertainment News Cold War

‘Rare tech glitch’: Shaw Theatres refunds moviegoers after wrong film screened in Choa Chu Kang cinema , Entertainment News

PUBLISHED ON May 05, 2026 5:15 AM BY Syarifah Nadhirah They paid to see a Hong Kong crime thriller but were shown a kids' film. Shaw Theatres has given out refunds and movie passes to over 10 moviegoers who were affected when The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was screened instead…
bubmag
May 5, 2026
Lessons of the Bay of Pigs Cold War

Lessons of the Bay of Pigs

April 17, 2026 The infamous paramilitary assault remains a cautionary Cold War history. (Jackie No-Name) Sixty-five long years after the Kennedy White House launched a CIA-led paramilitary invasion at the Bahia de Cochinos, the specter of that failed attack haunts the current crisis in US-Cuba relations. Almost daily the Trump…
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April 17, 2026
Wars Impose Lasting Economic Costs, While More Defense Spending Means Hard Choices Cold War

Wars Impose Lasting Economic Costs, While More Defense Spending Means Hard Choices

Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: 279photo/iStock by Getty Images. Source: IMF WASHINGTON DC, Apr 16 2026 (IPS) - War is again defining the global landscape. After decades of relative calm following the Cold…
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April 16, 2026
Mysterious Flashes in 1950s Skies Linked to Nuclear Tests and UAP Sightings: Study Cold War

Mysterious Flashes in 1950s Skies Linked to Nuclear Tests and UAP Sightings: Study

A new statistical analysis of archival sky surveys from the early Cold War has found that mysterious, short-lived bursts of light in the night sky were more likely to appear around the time of above-ground nuclear weapons tests and to increase alongside reports of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs). Four exposures…
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April 11, 2026