Cold War

Author of the article: Edmonton Journal Publishing date: Sep 18, 2021  •  5 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  5 Comments Over 100 people showed up for a national day of protest against mandatory vaccination for health care workers and about 30 opposed gathered across the street outside the Royal…

France is furious. Theresa May is worried. The announcement of the new Australia-UK-US alliance (Aukus) and the ditching of a previous French-Australian submarine deal has led France’s foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to term the pact “a stab in the back”, while the former British prime minister is concerned about…

The weekly update has arrived to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and the September 16 patch notes include some stability fixes for Zombies, but it's a pretty quiet update for multiplayer as Season 5 starts to wind down. MP Weekly PlaylistsBlack Ops Cold War's featured playlists for multiplayer…

As the world watches the aftermath of the U.S.' shockingly executed withdrawal from Afghanistan, China has already appeared on the scene. It openly and confidently asserted its power and economic influence and engaged with the Taliban before any commentator had a proper chance to notice. Similarly, China's quiet entry into…

media captionThe US, UK and Australian leaders welcomed what President Biden described as a "historic step"The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China. It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using…

China's D.C. embassy said Thursday in response to a new security pact between the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia that the countries should "shake off their Cold-War mentality and ideological prejudice," per the Australian Associated Press. Why it matters: The AUKUS partnership is a warning to China's government as the…

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the White House in Washington on Sept. 15, 2021. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images The United States, United Kingdom and Australia are forging a new defence pact meant to contain…

by Craig Snow , posted 1 day ago / 1,991 Views According to the latest monthly NPD data it was a record August in the US for video gaming, with consumer spending of $4.4 billion (up 7% Year-on-Year), bringing the Year-to-Date total to $37.9 billion (up 13% YoY). On the…

Yeah, it’s smaller than this image too. Screenshot: Dominic Szablewski / Kotaku Games today are massive, taking up dozens of gigabytes. Some recent bigger games, like Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, cracked 250GB in total. That’s too big. But a new free mini-shooter out today, Q1K3, is a…

A course correction is urgently needed, and it should begin with a much less belligerent policy toward Russia. The United States is on increasingly wretched terms with both Russia and the People’s Republic of China. Indeed, the 2021 Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community portrays those two countries as…