Up until the late 19th century, a Latvian peasant who moved to the city, acquired higher education or became a successful entrepreneur would almost inevitably switch to the German language, and their ...

In March 2007, Jackson pledged his support for Barack Obama's campaign to become the first African American in the White ...

The humble cucumber, a favourite in Russian salads and meals, is the latest staple to suddenly skyrocket in price, angering ...

Unemployment in the UK rose to its highest rate in nearly five years at the end of 2025, official figures show. The ...

A number of prominent figures have stepped down or are facing investigations after their communications with Jeffrey Epstein and his former longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released last ...

Mourners in Moscow have marked two years since Russian opposition leder Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison, as a new European analysis fuels claims he was killed by poisoning.

Ukrainian defenders remain locked in a war of attrition with Russia’s bigger army along the roughly 750-mile front line.

A provincial governor seeks to honor villages that deployed many soldiers to the war in Ukraine with a prestigious title ...

North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while ...

The Biblical Book of Esther tells us to celebrate the defeat of Haman and his Jew hating followers: “…celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as a time when Jews got ...

For decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin railed against the world that the United States built after the Cold War. In ...

A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the ...