On This Day: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Images of Ukraine, When Things Began to Fall Apart
The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...
Vance eviscerates 'Soviet'-style European censorship in address to Munich Security Conference
In a speech to European leaders, Vice President JD Vance said the continent's recent record of censorship was a bigger threat ...
As Georgia slides into authoritarianism, protesters vow to keep fighting Russian pivot
Many in Georgia feel the government is taking the country back into the Kremlin’s orbit. As the protest movement nears its ...
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Osama bin Laden’s Secret Weapon: Economic Literacy
Osama bin Laden never commanded an army, but he managed to militarily and economically defeat the US by enticing its ...
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Russia Outnumbers Ukraine by 10-to-1 When It Comes to Air Power
Over Eastern Europe fly some of the most advanced fighter jets in the world. From Russian-built Sukhois to American F-16s, ...
FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records
The FBI says it's discovered 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work ...
Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule
US Vice President JD Vance, taking the stage in Munich, to eviscerate totalitarianism in Europe. But not in Moscow, ...
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Astronaut Crashed at Indy 500, So a Man Got a 1972 Hurst/Olds, Drove 6.5k Miles Since 1981
Indy 500 pace car, the Hurst/Olds 455, came out of a high-speed crash in 1971; this survivor has had one owner since 1981 and shows 57k miles now ...
The Cold War Returns: Canada's 1972 Summit Series Team Talks Rivalries With USA And Soviets
Team Canada battled the Soviets during a politically fraught era. Now, today's Canadians have the Americans – and their ...