Foreign Affairs3d
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to tolerate Soviet spheres of influence in central and eastern Europe. Many ...
Al Jazeera on MSN6d
Mapping Greenland’s resources, population centres and US military base
Greenland covers an area about three times the size of Texas and is home to 56,000 people, mostly Greenlandic Inuits.
‘Walking Europe’s Last Wilderness’ Review: A Carpathian Ramble
Rising along the line where eastern and western Europe divide, a forested mountain range is home to shepherds, villages and ...
The War Room newsletter: “Be quiet, small man”—diplomacy, Musk style
On March 9th Elon Musk, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, boasted that Starlink, the satellite-communication system owned by his SpaceX company, was “the backbone of the Ukrainian army” and that ...
Bureau of Meteorology4d
Interpreting the Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) Analysis
Forecast (prognostic) maps ... satellite and radar images when preparing forecasts and warnings. The most obvious features of the MSLP analyses (Figure l. is an example) are the patterns of high and ...
GlasgowWorld on MSN2d
Cold War: Nuclear bunkers, war rooms, and monitoring stations around Glasgow and what they’re used for today
The cold war left a lasting legacy across the entire world - this is what remains of that era in and around Glasgow.When we ...
The Last Front of the Cold War
You think the Cold War is over? Think again. Russian and American forces are still challenging each other in the Arctic by Jon Bowermaster At 12:4 ...
Using satellite data to monitor and navigate icy waters
With sea traffic set to rise in a warming Arctic, researchers are helping sailors plot a safer course through sea ice and ...
Daily Express6d
Cold weather maps turn icy blue as brutal -8C blast and snow to hit UK
The latest weather maps show icy conditions are headed for the UK this March with multiple counties to be affected. Maps from WXCHARTS show that on Wednesday 26 March at 12 noon, snow will fall in ...
Metro6d
Map shows return of cold weather this week amid polar vortex collapse warning
A polar vortex collapse could bring cold weather to the UK later this month, the Met Office has warned. The weather forecaster said there is a 70% chance of a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...
ABC News6d
Ukraine bombards Russia with largest drone barrage of war, Moscow says
Trump has framed Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main impediment to peace, falsely blaming Ukraine for starting the war, seeking to undermine Zelenskyy's legitimacy and publicly ...
Cleanup underway after heavy rains causes rivers to burst their banks in southern Ecuador
A cleanup operation was underway Tuesday in Southern Ecuador after heavy rains caused the Malacatos and Zamora rivers to burst their banks. According to the country's National Secretariat of Risk ...