First, he bested all his rivals including the at-the-time world record holder, France’s Thierry Vigneron (his record was 5.77m) and the Soviet Union’s Konstantin Volkov, by jumping 5.75 metres high.

“This sculpture is of two astronauts who undertook space missions together: on the left is Czechoslovak cosmonaut Vladimír Remek, and on his right, Soviet spaceman Aleksei Goubarev. This sculpture ...

Former Representative Liz Cheney responded sharply to President-elect Donald Trump's criticism after she and Representative Bennie Thompson received the Presidential Citizens Medal. Trump called ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not told officially for nearly a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had admitted he was a Soviet spy, newly declassified British files revealed Tuesday.

The remarkable performance of Finland’s small military in holding back the Red Army during the Winter War of 1939-1940 drew the attention of many military planners, particularly those with an ...

Photo: Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters To read the American press in recent months is to encounter a feeling reminiscent of the Soviet Union in 1988. At that time, the Communist Party was in the ...

Slovakia has not bought new tanks since declaring independence in 1993, and it needs to replace its outdated Soviet-designed T-72M1s. Germany transferred 15 2A4s to Slovakia after the nation ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — A semi-truck fire on I-75 in the Riverview area reduced traffic to one lane southbound for hours on Saturday. According to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR), a ...

If you’re reading this and you have TikTok, I guarantee you’ll have heard of 75 Hard. The challenge has been doing the rounds for a while, but it’s picked up in pace once again since we ...

The new wagon looks the same, but it has the throttle-body fuel-injected 1.7-litre 75-kilowatt engine as standard ... mostly former Soviet factory managers, and a Yeltsin-friendly group of ...