Cold War getting too hot for comfortHaving been brought up in the 1950s and 60s during what was known as the Cold War, I find it a bit sad that after all the ensuing decades nothing seems to have changed. The actor told the Daily Express that a friend of his met Mr Putin when he was head of the KGB. Mr Putin reportedly said: "Tell Mr Caine we used to watch those movies and laugh because he was such a clever spy." Red Square in the rainFifteen years after the Cuban crisis I found myself standing in a very wet Red Square. Leonid Brezhnev was at the helm but the Cold War was still very chilly.

Source: Bangkok Post February 20, 2022 02:03 UTC