When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

From the stone circles of the Neolithic through the glories of Rome and the Renaissance to the ravages of the world wars, Europe boasts a history of extraordinary richness. Alexander the Great, ...

There’s art, and there’s propaganda. But where is the line between the two? Great art can convey a message, and visual propaganda can also be compelling art. Bradley Davies’s book ...

The weather was pleasant but the zeitgeist damp on the last day of the 75th Berlinale, as Germans voted in the federal election. More than 20 percent of the votes cast were for Alternative for Germany ...

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One of the last known sightings of Putin in a military uniform is from 2005 (Picture: Getty/Reuters) Vladimir Putin has ditched his £7,000 bespoke Italian suits for a military uniform in an ...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile, which will include cryptocurrencies forfeited to the government. The reserve will ...

In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage reporting the history of "Golden Girls" actor Bea Arthur enlisting in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.

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Photo courtesy of Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum A photo of Donald Cool shows him in military training sometime between 1942 and 1944. Cool, a Marshall resident, served as a paratrooper in ...