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The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...
Russian TV falls for fake report on DeepSeek's 'Soviet code'
A spoof Russian news report that China's DeepSeek AI app was based on a secret Soviet code has found its way onto state TV, ...
Moldova PM says separatist region must take steps to avoid new gas crisis
Moldova's pro-European prime minister said on Thursday the ex-Soviet state's separatist Transdniestria region had to fulfil ...
Russian TV falls for fake news report on DeepSeek’s ‘Soviet code’
Russian fake news website Panorama ran a fabricated interview with Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, in which he ...
The Moscow Times on MSN6h
Russia hails USAID shutter, calls it 'machine for interfering'
Russia welcomed the Donald Trump administration's decision to shut the USAID agency, referring to it as a 'machine for ...
China names combative diplomat as senior envoy for Europe
China has named controversial diplomat and ex-ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, as Special Representative for European Affairs, ...
AFP on MSN14h
Controversial former Chinese ambassador appointed to European affairs post
China's controversial former ambassador to France Lu Shaye has been appointed to a prestigious post in charge of European ...
What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy
The widespread political purges of the early 1950s echo clearly today. Seventy years ago, the reasonable pretext of hunting ...
China appoints ‘wolf warrior’ ambassador to manage affairs with Europe
Former ambassador to France Lu Shaye, who enraged many in Europe in 2023 when he questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states and whether Crimea was part of Ukraine, had been appointed China’s ...
Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and ...
Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying on Russia
Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying on Russia - All remaining transmission lines between them and Russia and Belarus and will be switched off one by on ...
Baltic states finally turn off Russian electricity
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are still connected to Russia's electricity grid, but that's going to change soon in another sign of their confidence in the EU. With the move they turn the page on their ...