Could these British Isles be about to change forever? It's all down to politics

A new book recalls the colourful, contested past of the individual countries that make up the UK and Ireland... and some of ...

Dortmund takes on Bayern but will der Klassiker live up to its name?

Der Klassiker is in danger of not living up to its name. The growing gulf between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund means German soccer’s showpiece presents more of an opportunity for Bayern to ...
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The Battle of Kursk: History’s greatest tank clash

In the summer of 1943, the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army clashed in the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in ...

Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.
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4 years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a look at the war by the numbers

The fighting enters its fifth year on Tuesday. A U.S.-based think tank says that as many as 1.8 million soldiers may have been killed, injured or missing on both sides.
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America's blind spot: Ignore Africa, and cede the 21st century to China

Africa is no longer a peripheral theater but the decisive arena where the United States will either reset a broken relationship and reclaim strategic relevance-or cede the future to China's entrenched ...

Who won the First World War — and how combat changed forever

The First World War transformed global warfare, spreading fighting across continents, seas, and the air between 1914 and 1918. Governments mobilised i.