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Off with the head of 'off-ramp!' overuseThe word 'off-ramp' is now used casually for any exit, losing its original meaning. This term, once for highway exits, is now applied to ge...- Trump remakes America as leader of the brandTrump's extensive self-branding, from naming federal buildings to commemorative coins, echoes historical figures like Alexander the Great a...
- How Putin uses USSR's victory in World War II to rally support for him and war in UkraineRussia observes Victory Day on May 9, a key holiday. It commemorates the Soviet Union's World War II sacrifice. President Vladimir Putin us...
- France election gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlockThe results showed just over 180 seats for the New Popular Front leftist coalition, which placed first, ahead of Macron’s centrist alliance...
- 2024 feeling too familiar? Or, could we actually be in 2019?Could we be in 2019 again? I don't mean this as some kind of mystical metaphor to peddle yet another nostalgia industry IP for monetisation...
- View: China will exit zero-Covid, and energy-starved Europe will end the Russia-Ukraine warAs Europe discovers it is invested in defanging Russia as a major power way less than in their own immediate and future well-being, it woul...
- Ukraine hits Russian targets in Kherson as fighting ragesRussian President Vladimir Putin meanwhile compared his current actions to Peter the Great's against Sweden 300 years ago, saying the tsar ...
- View: There was a special place for the Soviets, whether in Olympics or MiGsAs an Indian growing up in the early-'70s, there was absolutely no doubt which of the Cold War combatants were on our side. We'd read Ameri...
- View: Good soldier švejk hazir ho!In an older war in Eastern Europe, there was a one-man argument wearing a beatific smile against the futility of anything related to war.
- Russians besiege Ukrainian ports as armored column stallsWith fighting going on on multiple fronts across the country, Britain's Defense Ministry said Mariupol, a large city on the Azov Sea, was e...
- Ukraine says 21 killed in attack on KharkivOleg Sinehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional administration, said that over the past 24 hours 21 people were killed and at least 112 were i...
- Fifty years ago, an assassin appeared who, unlike Bonds and Bournes, was strong and silentThere's something pathetic about Forsyth's assassin prowling around his London flat, living with the desperate anguish of unaccustomed fail...
- Six facts on the city renaming spreeWhile renaming for political purposes was not uncommon even in the past, this scale of ‘religious’ renaming is been unprecedented.
- The Deutsches Fußballmuseum is as much about the game as it is about Die MannschaftThe museum is massive, interactive and immersive, littered not just with artefacts and photos from key moments of footballing history, but ...
- World Cup stadium rises from ashes of Battle of StalingradThe football arena rests on the bank of the Volga and bears a striking resemblance to the futuristic Bird's Nest Stadium at the heart of th...
- PM Narendra Modi visits Soviet World War II memorialThe prime minister stood for a few minutes before the flame which illuminates a bronze inscription that reads "Your name is unknown, your d...
- Superior air and sea strategy behind Allied's WWII victoryPitched battles such as El Alamein, Stalingrad and Kursk have become written into history as the arenas where the course of the war was dec...
- Battle to repel Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose-led Azad Hind Fauj selected 'Britain's Greatest'The battles of Imphal and Kohima saw the British and Indian forces repel the Japanese invasion of India and helped turned the tide of the w...
- Train travel adopted a high end luxury persona for travellersLuxury trains are like hotels on wheels. In addition, they also take you trans-country or trans-continent to showcase the beauty of varying...
- Stalingrad: It time to remember the accomplishments of the Red ArmyBut how many Nato leaders or EU presidents and prime ministers have ever taken the time to visit the battle site, and perhaps lay a wreath ...
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