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I took a Soviet sleeper train to a little visited country - it was a bargain
The 'Friendship' train links Romania and Moldova, and offers a glimpse into their past, as well as a curious ...
The Biggest Bucket on the List: An Odyssey Across Central Asia
Our writer takes us on a journey of a lifetime across the so-named “5-Stans,” with all the wonder and mystery these nations ...
Inside the virtual battles Ukrainian soldiers are fighting with top-of-the-line fake guns to train for real combat
Business Insider recently visited a facility in Kyiv where Ukrainian soldiers use virtual reality simulators to prepare for ...
On This Day: Trump declares national emergency over COVID-19
In 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this date, the novel ...
Dry dock, Soviet cinema, meat market — is there anything architect Asif Khan can’t transform?
Known for his revivals of old structures, the Londoner is reimagining two landmarks in the capital — and one in Kazakhstan ...
Putin ‘ready to agree truce’ with Ukraine as major European country wants NUCLEAR weapons & will train all men for WAR
EUROPE is at a “watershed” moment, says the President of the European Commission, as the bloc is signalled to spend a ...
In Europe’s north, soldiers train amid worries over Trump’s belief in NATO
Uneasiness grows over continued U.S. support for the 75-year-old alliance as Trump casts doubt on support from other members ...
Russia has won a local victory over Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and the West
The two-round presidential elections in Abkhazia, which were won by Badra Gunba, have far-reaching consequences both for ...
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The USSR’s Forgotten Supersonic Monorail Train
Soviet engineers envisioned a radical high-speed train that could have revolutionized transportation—a concrete monorail ...
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The return of America First
Its current resident, a middle-aged man who didn’t want to be identified, knows Volodymyr Zelensky well. He talked about the ...
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Boris Spassky, endlessly witty and a free soul, was more than just Fischer’s victim or a Soviet Union foot soldier
The 1972 World Championship would never have happened if Spassky had paid heed to the Soviet bosses and refused to play over Fischer’s eccentric behaviour in the build up to the game. No Soviet Union ...