Can "anything new be said about the Second World War", asked Adam Sisman in The Observer. "Unexpectedly the answer is yes." Among the "surprising facts" I learnt from this "revelatory book" are ...

Men seeking jobs during the Great Depression gather outside city hall in Cleveland on Oct. 9, 1930. (AP) When Donald Trump was inaugurated, by most measures, the United States was the strongest ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its long history either coveted, conquered or controlled by various powers.