Cold War

‘Black in Space’ looks at final frontier of civil rights

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astr...
4:18 20 February 2022

Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba

MIAMI — Platinum-selling reggaeton act Gente de Zona were barred from a New Year’s Eve concert in a Miami park. The mayor of Miami declared another Cu...
5:02 4 February 2022

JFK letter promising Santa safe during Cold War on display

BOSTON — In the throes of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was planning to test a massive nuclear bomb in the Arctic Circle.
13:43 25 December 2021

Germany’s Merkel says it’s essential to preserve NATO

BERLIN — NATO is at least as essential today as it was during the Cold War, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, renewing a pledge to keep raising...
10:40 27 November 2021

Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at Cold War speech site

BERLIN — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic s...
17:04 8 November 2021