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Denmark changes coat of arms amid Trump's ambitions for Greenland - The Guardian
The Danish king has altered the royal coat of arms ... the previous royal coats of arms featured three crowns — a symbol of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, established ...
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Journey through Belarusian museums
Tourism in the Blue-eyed country is not just about majestic castles, picturesque national parks, and cosy agro-estates.
The Forward12d
Who were the most (and least) Jewish presidents?
“I doubt whether the spirits of our forefathers, had they been looking down on us, standing there with our arms by our sides ... to help Jews escape the Soviet Union, Ethiopia and Syria.
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An appreciation: How physicist Evgeny Velikhov helped end the US-Soviet nuclear arms race
Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Central Committee and immediately launched a broad campaign to reform the Soviet Union and its foreign policy, advocating a policy of “glasnost” ...
‘Miracle on Ice’ anniversary: See photos of U.S. Hockey’s win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics
Millions of Americans who watched Team USA lose an overtime thriller to rival Canada in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off ...
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 ...
Forbes26d
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
The Soviet Union announced it would consider reducing military aid to Syria, noting Damascus’s “ability to pay” for arms was “not unlimited,” but underlined it wanted to retain cordial ...
First day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured in images
The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in ...
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Putin hails Soviet army for ending 'total evil' of Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the largest of the extermination camps and has become a symbol of Nazi Germany's ... The Russian leader often credits the Soviet Union with defeating Nazi Germany in his speeches ...
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3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia. For the three countries, as well as the rest of Europe ...
Dezeen27d
Asif Khan to convert Soviet cinema in Kazakhstan into cultural centre
The conversion of a Soviet-era cinema into the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture by British architect Asif Khan is underway in Kazakhstan. Set to open in the city of Almaty in April ...
The National Interest28d
Did Soviet Troops Fight in the Vietnam War?
Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War III between the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact on the side and the United States and its NATO allies on the ...