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AI Helps Identify Nazi Killer From Haunting Holocaust Image
The Nazi soldier who aimed a pistol at a kneeling man in a suit, surrounded by troops and a pit of bodies, has been identified as Jakobus Onnen.
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"Shredded Decades Of Efforts": Ex-Trump Advisor's Dig On Tariff Policy
Ex-US NSA John Bolton has sharply criticised President Trump's tariff policy, asserting that it has "shredded" decades of Western efforts to align India away from its Cold War ties with the Soviet Union and address the growing threat from China.
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PepsiCo, The Beverage Company, Was Once A Naval Superpower With Warships
In one of the strangest business deals in history, PepsiCo briefly became the owner of a small Russian Naval Fleet. Over three decades ago, the company acquired 17 submarines, a cruiser, and several warships.
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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
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The Not-So-Subtle Message That Top Putin Aide Carried To Trump Meet
The sartorial choice of Sergei Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, during US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Alaska meeting on Friday drew the attention of many across the globe.
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The Cold War Link To Alaska Base Set To Host Trump, Putin Tomorrow
In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today
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NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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BJP Leader Alleges Congress MPs Received 'Russian Funding', Cites CIA Release
Nishikant Dubey alleged that under the leadership of late Congress leader HKL Bhagat, more than 150 Congress MPs were "funded" by the Soviet Union, who acted as "agents" of Russia.
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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Putin Heaps Praise On Musk, Compares Him To Soviet Union Space Hero
The Russian president was speaking to university students about the country's space policy when he praised Elon Musk.
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Opinion | Is China Driving Trump Towards Putin?
Trump is keen to pull Russia from Xi Jinping's lap, just as Nixon had delinked China from the Soviet Union in the 1970s'.
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Kyrgyzstan Swaps Contested Land With Tajikistan To End Decades-Long Dispute
Kyrgyzstan announced Thursday it would exchange territories disputed with Tajikistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, ending a decades-long spat between the Central Asian neighbours.
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Secret UK Files Detailing Confessions Of 3 Spies From Cambridge Released
Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday.
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US Rules Out Returning Nuclear Weapons To Ukraine, Says Jake Sullivan
The United States is not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
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AI Helps Identify Nazi Killer From Haunting Holocaust Image
The Nazi soldier who aimed a pistol at a kneeling man in a suit, surrounded by troops and a pit of bodies, has been identified as Jakobus Onnen.
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"Shredded Decades Of Efforts": Ex-Trump Advisor's Dig On Tariff Policy
Ex-US NSA John Bolton has sharply criticised President Trump's tariff policy, asserting that it has "shredded" decades of Western efforts to align India away from its Cold War ties with the Soviet Union and address the growing threat from China.
-
PepsiCo, The Beverage Company, Was Once A Naval Superpower With Warships
In one of the strangest business deals in history, PepsiCo briefly became the owner of a small Russian Naval Fleet. Over three decades ago, the company acquired 17 submarines, a cruiser, and several warships.
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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
-
The Not-So-Subtle Message That Top Putin Aide Carried To Trump Meet
The sartorial choice of Sergei Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, during US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Alaska meeting on Friday drew the attention of many across the globe.
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The Cold War Link To Alaska Base Set To Host Trump, Putin Tomorrow
In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today
-
NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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BJP Leader Alleges Congress MPs Received 'Russian Funding', Cites CIA Release
Nishikant Dubey alleged that under the leadership of late Congress leader HKL Bhagat, more than 150 Congress MPs were "funded" by the Soviet Union, who acted as "agents" of Russia.
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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Putin Heaps Praise On Musk, Compares Him To Soviet Union Space Hero
The Russian president was speaking to university students about the country's space policy when he praised Elon Musk.
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Opinion | Is China Driving Trump Towards Putin?
Trump is keen to pull Russia from Xi Jinping's lap, just as Nixon had delinked China from the Soviet Union in the 1970s'.
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Kyrgyzstan Swaps Contested Land With Tajikistan To End Decades-Long Dispute
Kyrgyzstan announced Thursday it would exchange territories disputed with Tajikistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, ending a decades-long spat between the Central Asian neighbours.
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Secret UK Files Detailing Confessions Of 3 Spies From Cambridge Released
Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday.
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US Rules Out Returning Nuclear Weapons To Ukraine, Says Jake Sullivan
The United States is not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
