Trump Says He Wants to Get Rid of Nukes. He Spent His First Presidency Making That Impossible
The President’s cries for nuclear disarmament ring hollow after years of broken promises and shredded treaties.
Randy Furst, a Star Tribune reporter for more than half a century, calls it a career
Randy Furst stood behind a baseball catapult in the now-gone Metrodome, determined to find out if the Minnesota Twins had an ...
Kremlin planning to target West with 'propaganda' warning of nuclear winter
The Kremlin is planning to erode US support for Ukraine by using propaganda about the threat of ‘nuclear winter’ to instil ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR.PersonalBirth date: March 2, 1931Death date: August ...
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An appreciation: How physicist Evgeny Velikhov helped end the US-Soviet nuclear arms race
Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...
On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.
Trump’s Orbital Missile Shield Could Aid His Nuclear Disarmament Foray
President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.
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Former U.S. Ambassador Sally Novetzke dies
Sally Novetzke of Cedar Rapids in December 2018 holds mementos of her time as U.S. ambassador to Malta and a book of photos ...
Suzanne Massie, ‘Reagan’s Window on the Soviet Union,’ Dies at 94
An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...
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2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self-annihilation, scientists say
The farthest the minute hand has been pushed back from the cataclysmic midnight hour was 17 minutes in 1991, after the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was revived and then-President George H.W. Bush ...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
How many Broadway shows has Mikhail Baryshnikov been in? Mikhail Baryshnikov has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows. How many West End shows has Mikhail Baryshnikov been in? Mikhail Baryshnikov has ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews. (JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet ...