1996: China sets off an underground nuclear test blast. 1998: Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha dies suddenly of a heart attack, opening the way for …
China snub: Vietnam strikes free trade deal with EU in warning shot to China
READ MORE: China sparks fears of nuclear war with India as Beijing amasses troops on border. VIETNAM has struck a free trade deal with the EU on …
SIS Minister Andrew Little refuses to deny signing off on embassy break-ins
Given the serious prospect of nuclear war in the mid-1980s, breaking the codes of the Soviet bloc communist countries and gaining insights into their …
With changing battlefields, war goes on
The twentieth century witnessed two world wars, where guns, tanks, cannons, … The end of the second world war came with the catastrophic nuclear …
The Goonies Never Say Die: The Treasured Movie Released 35 Years Ago Today
If so, you’re a fellow goonie, and you know we never say die—not through heaven or hell or nuclear war—not even through 35 years gone by!
Twenty Years on, Aliens Still Cause Global Warming
The same thing happened during discussions of the effects of nuclear war. Paper after paper made nonsense claims about such a war’s effects, …
What was the Cold War?
The period was also the birth of the Atomic Age, an ominous background for hostility. Both the US and the Soviets toyed with nuclear tests in the years …
‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’: A timeless eco-emergency film
The original film is set in the context of the threat of nuclear war; its 2008 offspring has been reimagined in that of the biggest emergency the human …
How Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ tactics could inspire a pre-election provocation
Without offering a coherent rationale, Trump first shredded the nuclear … announce “new policies for further increasing the nuclear war deterrence of …
Israeli Strike Threat Against Nukes in Region ‘Remain Real’
After the attack, the initial reports stated that the IAF aircraft had almost entirely destroyed the nuclear site, claims that were also confirmed by the …