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10 hours ago

Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war

The half-life of humanity is currently around 35 years, said Nobel laureate in physics David Gross as he concluded an evening lecture at the German Physical Society's conference in Erlangen in March.
Philosophy
#cuba
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Cuban president tells NBC he won't resign under US pressure, as Russia backs old ally

Cuban President Diaz-Canel refuses to resign under US pressure, asserting Cuba's sovereignty and independence.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

The turbulent history of US-Cuban relations

The US has historically sought control over Cuba since the 19th century, reflecting expansionist desires from early presidents.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
22 hours ago

Spain, Brazil, Mexico vow to boost Cuba aid amid US threats

Spain, Brazil, and Mexico are increasing aid to Cuba, citing a humanitarian crisis caused by the US blockade.
World news
fromAxios
2 days ago

Scoop: Inside the historic U.S.-Cuba negotiations in Havana

Cuba faces imminent societal collapse, prompting U.S. officials to urge reforms and express concerns over national security threats.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Cuban president defiant amid US pressure and energy blockade threats

Cuban President Diaz-Canel emphasizes readiness to confront US threats while marking the anniversary of the socialist revolution.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Cuba sent doctors. Washington sent a destroyer.

The US blockade on Cuba perpetuates a cycle of oppression and misunderstanding, undermining solidarity and freedom for the island's people.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Cuban president tells NBC he won't resign under US pressure, as Russia backs old ally

Cuban President Diaz-Canel refuses to resign under US pressure, asserting Cuba's sovereignty and independence.
#us-cuba-relations
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Cuba vows 'unbreakable resistance' to any takeover attempt

Cuban President Diaz-Canel vows unbreakable resistance to US takeover threats, attributing Cuba's economic crisis to decades of American economic warfare and isolation.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trump's threats to take' Cuba signal rising US pressure as island grapples with power crisis

Donald Trump threatened to take Cuba following a nationwide blackout, using explicit language about US intervention that historians say hasn't been heard in nearly a century.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Cuba vows 'unbreakable resistance' to any takeover attempt

Cuban President Diaz-Canel vows unbreakable resistance to US takeover threats, attributing Cuba's economic crisis to decades of American economic warfare and isolation.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trump's threats to take' Cuba signal rising US pressure as island grapples with power crisis

Donald Trump threatened to take Cuba following a nationwide blackout, using explicit language about US intervention that historians say hasn't been heard in nearly a century.
World politics
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

13 Days that Nearly Ended the World

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war, averted by key decisions from leaders and a critical refusal by a submarine officer.
Artificial intelligence
fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Old-school spycraft could make a comeback as AI undermines trust

AI may enhance intelligence gathering but also revive traditional espionage methods due to reliability issues with digital communications.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Readers reply: Has a call for restraint from an authority figure ever put a stop to war?

Mediation and calls for restraint can sometimes lead to the de-escalation of conflicts, though outcomes vary significantly.
#ukraine
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 weeks ago
Russo-Ukrainian War

Investigations of Russian spy rings and assassination groups grow from UK to Europe - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Ukraine uncovered a Russian intelligence network planning contract killings of military commanders and public figures in Kyiv.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago
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Trump claims Putin 'kept his word' on a ceasefire despite the constant barrage of missiles - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Vague ceasefire language permits continued Russian ballistic strikes, endangering Ukrainian civilians and turning the agreement into optics rather than real de-escalation.
#espionage
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Germany detains two suspected of spying for Russia

Two suspects have been accused of spying for Russia, targeting a German national supplying drones to Ukraine.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Germany news: Ukrainians on trial over Russia spying claims

Three Ukrainian men residing in Germany face trial for allegedly planting GPS devices on postal packages to gather shipping intelligence for Moscow and attempting to plant explosives in packages.
OMG science
fromMail Online
4 weeks ago

Scientists reveal terrifying global aftermath of nuclear war

Nuclear war poses catastrophic long-term consequences for human health and the environment, far exceeding the immediate destruction.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Iran-Linked Hackers Take Aim at US and Other Targets, Raising Risk of Cyberattacks During War

Pro-Iranian hackers are expanding cyberattacks from the Middle East into the United States, targeting defense contractors, medical device companies, and critical infrastructure like power stations and water plants.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Tuesday briefing: With the horror of conflict throughout the globe, how likely is world war three?

The world faces escalating conflicts, raising fears of a potential third world war amid geopolitical tensions and military actions.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

The Biggest Coverup': 60 Minutes Investigation Points to Microwave Weapons as Cause of Debilitating Havana Syndrome'

A nine-year investigation reveals a microwave-based weapon obtained by U.S. intelligence can cause the brain damage associated with Havana Syndrome affecting American officials since 2016.
Canada news
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Canada Is Already at War with the US-We Just Don't Know It Yet | The Walrus

Canada faces existential threats from US hybrid warfare including tariffs and propaganda, requiring independence from decades of Washington dependence to ensure survival as a liberal democracy.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Donald Trump Declares Cuba Is 'Going To Fall Too' After Iran

Trump promises Cuba's regime will fall after Iran, threatening to cut all oil and money to force the Cuban government into negotiations following Venezuela's political change.
fromIntelligencer
1 month ago

All Modern Warfare Is Chemical Warfare

On the night of Saturday, March 6, Israeli forces struck three sets of oil depots ringing Tehran - west, east, and south - simultaneously. The explosions were massive. Nearby residential areas were destroyed. Millions of liters of gasoline, diesel, and petroleum derivatives ignited, sending columns of black smoke thousands of feet into the air.
World politics
#arms-control
fromFortune
2 months ago
World news

Trump administration accuses China of secret nuclear tests as Obama's Kremlin pact expires | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
World news

Trump administration accuses China of secret nuclear tests as Obama's Kremlin pact expires | Fortune

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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

War spirals as information control tightens

The war on Iran has escalated with increased leadership assassinations, a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and strikes on energy infrastructure.
#russia
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Spending even more on defence won't buy us peace | Letters

MoD procurement failures, waste, and lack of accountability must be fixed before substantially increasing defence spending.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means

"I can reveal that the U.S. government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons," he said in a speech to the attending delegates. He went on to say that China is using a technique known as "decoupling" to hide its activities. "China conducted one such yield-producing nuclear test on June 22 of 2020," DiNanno said.
US news
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

'Totalitarian' Technologies and the Transformation of the Political World: A Radical Cold War Critique

Modern Cold War technology was viewed by many political theorists as inherently totalitarian, shaping society's structures, enabling propaganda, control, and genocide, not merely neutral tools.
World news
fromDefector
1 month ago

Donald Trump Is Strangling Cuba To Death | Defector

The U.S. has intensified economic sanctions on Cuba to unprecedented levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, creating severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel that have triggered island-wide blackouts and a humanitarian crisis.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Historian reveals the three signs that a world war has already begun

Anthony Glees, Emeritus Professor at the University of Buckingham, called the US and Israeli decision to attack Iran a 'war of choice' and the first red flag which previously led to the last two world wars. He claimed that the conflict in the Middle East did not start out of necessity or self-defense, but as a deliberate decision by two leaders focused on gaining power and keeping it.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Russia expels German diplomat in tit-for-tat espionage row

Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that it had summoned the German Ambassador's representative to inform them that it had declared a staff member at the German Embassy persona non grata. The ministry linked the move to a decision by the German government to expel an employee of the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month on espionage allegations which Russia rejects. It called Thursday's move a 'symmetrical response' and said that Germany bore 'full responsibility for the new escalation in bilateral relations.'
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
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The rulebook that limited US and Russian nukes has fallen apart. Both sides could revert to worst-case scenario planning, experts warn.

fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
World news

The rulebook that limited US and Russian nukes has fallen apart. Both sides could revert to worst-case scenario planning, experts warn.

US politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
2 months ago

After New START: America Weighs a New Nuclear Strategy

The United States will complete nuclear modernization, retain ~1,900 non‑deployed warheads, and pursue new arms-control approaches including seeking China and Russia in future treaties.
World politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

The War's Next Phase: Five Indicators That Matter Most

Military operations against symmetric targets succeed historically, but asymmetric threats like Shahed drones require adaptive branch plans rather than predetermined sequels.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Germany-US rift is looming after a year of Trump

Deteriorating US–Europe relations over Greenland, tariffs, and security raise doubts about US reliability within NATO and risk undermining alliance cohesion.
US news
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

U.S. quietly declassifies ColdWar era JUMPSEAT' surveillance satellites

Declassified JUMPSEAT satellites, launched 1971–1987, provided space-based signals intelligence on adversary weapons and were decommissioned in 2006.
World politics
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Former NATO commander fears the world is living through the outbreak of WWIII - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Former NATO deputy commander warns current geopolitics represents the most perilous moment in his lifetime, with escalating Middle East tensions risking uncontrolled conflict involving nuclear-armed powers.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The United States demands Cuba make dramatic changes very soon'

The United States demanded on Wednesday that Cuba undertake very dramatic changes very soon, while increasing pressure on an island facing its worst economic crisis in decades. At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding conversations with Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, grandson of Raul Castro, the regime's strongman, according to the U.S. outlet Axios, which claims these talks are taking place outside the Cuban government's official channels in Havana.
US politics
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Russia, China raise diplomatic voices against US-Israeli attacks on Iran

China and Russia criticize US-Israeli attacks on Iran, with Russia finding no evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons development and China demanding immediate cessation of military operations.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

'Threat to world peace': How Germans see the US now

After the tensions of the George W. Bush era, the new US president's approval ratings among Germans skyrocketed. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 93% of Germans believed Obama would "do the right thing regarding world affairs." That remains a record to this day. Even in 2016, at the end of his second term, an extraordinary 86% of Germans still trusted Obama.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

China, Vietnam or Mexico: The mirrors into which Castroism looked for a possible opening

With hardly any outside aid, the first signs of economic liberalization appeared, the dollar was decriminalized, and some small private businesses emerged. While the government loosened its grip, it began to thoroughly study other cases of authoritarian regimes that had transitioned toward a certain degree of openness—economic rather than political—thinking about how to survive without ever relinquishing power.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

From the Bay of Pigs to the capture of Maduro: Over half a century of waiting for the fall of Castroism

they won't sit with novices or enthusiastic tourists visiting Calle Ocho, the heart of the disapora in Miami, to admire the nostalgic murals of Cuban exile, but rather be able to play one-on-one with their own kind, those who know Little Havana, people who left Cuba and helped build a city on the swamp that was Miami, who spend long hours thinking about what a return would be like and who never stop talking about politics.
US politics
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

40 Years Ago, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Met to Build a World Without Nukes. What Went Wrong?

Reykjavik Summit of 1986 brought Reagan and Gorbachev close to eliminating nuclear weapons, but disarmament stalled and nuclear stockpiles later rose.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Cuba hit by widespread blackout; Ecuador expels Havana's ambassador, staff

Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate said the blackout was caused by a fault at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, located about 100km (62 miles) east of Havana, which cut electricity from Pinar del Rio in the far west of the country to the eastern Las Tunas province. In all, two-thirds of the country, including Havana, were left without power, according to the national electric company UNE, which said it was working to restore services.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Russia's Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions unacceptable'

Russia condemns US restrictions on Cuba, rejects a naval blockade and frames cooperation with Cuba as non-threatening while Cuba faces severe fuel shortages.
World news
fromAxios
2 months ago

Trump claims Putin promised to stop bombing Ukraine's cities due to extreme cold

U.S. officials seek to use confidence-building measures to broker pauses as Russian nightly airstrikes cause power outages and civilian suffering, with trilateral talks ongoing.
World news
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

U.S. offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test

U.S. officials allege China conducted an underground nuclear explosion near Lop Nur on June 22, 2020, based on seismic data and concealment efforts.
World news
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Fears of WWIII after America's adversary fires ballistic missiles

North Korea launched two KN-25 short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, demonstrating strike capability against South Korea and raising regional nuclear security concerns.
World news
fromThe Cipher Brief
2 months ago

How Cuba's Infrastructure Crisis Is Opening the Door to Foreign Intelligence Networks

Cuba's collapsing energy system has become a national security vulnerability exploited by China and Russia to expand intelligence-collection near the U.S.
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