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Alderney is marking 175 years since the consecration of the island's Church of St Anne. Built in 1850, the milestone is being ...

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I will note that the recipient of the letter is someone I know a bit about; I would like to know more about his time in London, circa 1930-1932. I understand that he attended the London School of ...

UK citizens can expect to be able to use e-gates across the EU in October - when a new scheme is planned to come into effect ...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he “deplores” Brexit as he signed a major cooperation deal between his country and ...

The German bomber dropped the explosive on the home of Stirling's King's Park FC on July 20, 1940, with a number of nearby ...

ANCIENT erotic art stolen from Pompeii more than 80 years ago has finally been returned, Italy’s cultural heritage police have announced. The 2,000-year-old mosaic, depicting a half-naked ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

With iron fist and velvet glove, the rulers of Communist East Germany sought to erase the memory of the 17th of June. From the massive Soviet embassy in Unter den Linden streamed decrees and orders.

Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users' data to China illegally.

The first passenger-carrying electric airplane lands at JFK, completing a 70-mile journey from East Hampton while showcasing the efficiency of electric aviation.