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Last Frontier unlike any other place
Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/08/2025
» Alaska has been thrust into the news this weekend for reasons that require no explanation. It's a suitably symbolic venue for the Trump-Putin summit considering it was once part of the Russian Empire. It is certainly an extraordinary part of the world that is much appreciated by those who love the wilderness.
Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» ANCHORAGE - US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and, from a distance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- have dueling interests going into a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.
Alaska: a source of Russian imperial nostalgia
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» MOSCOW - Alaska, the US state that will host the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Friday, is a source of imperial nostalgia and often less-than-serious territorial claims in Russia.
The Russian past of Alaska, where Trump and Putin will meet
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: July 9-15
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 09/07/2025
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
New movies out this week: May 29-Jun 4
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/05/2025
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Can Ukraine survive Trump presidency?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/05/2025
» We are getting very close to the point where Donald Trump realises that his dear friend, Vladimir Putin, has been playing him for a fool. The Russian president never had the slightest intention of moderating his war aims, which include the annexation of much of Ukraine and the demotion of the rest to the status of a puppet state.
Wes Anderson and his A-list cast dazzle at Cannes
AFP, Published on 19/05/2025
» CANNES (FRANCE) - US director Wes Anderson brought his latest A-list cast led by Benicio del Toro to the Cannes film festival on Sunday, ramping up the star power as the competition reaches the halfway mark.
Russian ‘history hawk’ leading talks with Ukraine
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» ISTANBUL — Russia’s former culture minister and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky took part in failed talks with Ukraine at the start of Moscow’s invasion in 2022 and has built a career promoting an ultra-patriotic version of Russian history.
Milking Moo Deng
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2025
» Re: "Minister rejects criticism over hippo's welfare", (BP, Feb 26).