Cold War

The renowned satirical songwriter and math prodigy, Tom Lehrer, died at the age of 97. He was found dead at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, Longtime friend David Herder confirmed. Who was Tom Lehrer? Born in 1928 in New York City, Tom was the son of a prosperous…

China has issued a sharp rebuke to comments made by Peter Lamelas, the US ambassador-designate to Argentina, saying they reflected a “Cold War mentality” after he accused Beijing of fostering corruption and being a malign influence across Latin America. At his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Lamelas said he intended…

From the Cold War till Donald Trump, there’s always been a special dispensation for hawkish bigots. Commentary editor John Podhoretz hands out his presidential pardon: “Trump bombed Iran. He can say Shylock 100 times a day forever as far as I’m concerned.”(John Lamparski / Getty Images) John Podhoretz inherited from…

For all the ways that MAGA has departed from established political norms, there is a throwback quality to President Trump’s extraordinarily hostile trade war. His ham-fisted efforts to shore up global U.S. hegemony in the face of growing competition, and Republican attempts to justify them, harken back to Washington’s Cold…

Illustration concept for the US DARPA Liberty Lifter program Aurora Flight Sciences It’s not a boat. It’s not a plane. It’s a flying, sea-skimming craft called an ekranoplan. These large vehicles reminiscent of Soviet technology from the Cold War are making a comeback as China and the US develop modern…

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EXCLUSIVE: ESX Entertainment‘s new biopic about the Scorpions, the German band whose music defined an end to the Cold War and a bridge to peace at the time, has set its cast with Dominic West (The Crown), Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom), Ludwig Trepte (Generation War), Ed Speleers (You), David Kross…

If elected, the 33-year-old democratic socialist would be New York City’s first Muslim and Indian-American mayor Published June 26, 2025 6:33PM (EDT) Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)…

Bitcoin’s cold war: Nearly 3,000 nodes at risk as policy tensions escalate ahead of next Bitcoin Core release Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 1 week ago · 3 min read Dispute over OP_RETURN cap removal sparks peer-ban pushback and raises soft partition risks ahead of latest Bitcoin Core release. 3 min…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends the NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 5. Photo by NATO/UPI | License Photo June 22 (UPI) -- Britain and its NATO allies will increase defense spending by at much as 5% of GDP in the next decade,…