They’re an ethnic group in the Caucasus region that has been fighting for independence from Russia for four centuries. Most Chechens are Sunni Muslims, many of whom practice in the mystical Sufi ...

What, like it’s hard?” Coined in “Legally Blonde,” the popular phrase isn’t limited to Elle Woods embarking on her law school journey. Now, it’s not hard to find new book recommendations through Reese ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is copying Soviet-era approaches that bankrupted the USSR and that he used to criticize, according to Poland's foreign minister. Speaking on a panel at the World ...

Launched under the former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the Intervision Song Contest took place in Czechoslovakia (1965 to 1968) and later in Sopot, Poland (1977 to 1980), replacing the Sopot ...

At every Grammy Awards show, all eyes are on the nominees of the coveted "big four" categories – album of the year, song of the year, record of the year and best new artist. These awards ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jan 27) praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's liberation of the ...

The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' On the edge of St Petersburg stands a dramatic memorial more than 40 metres high. At the very top is the ...

Crown the pooch. A year after Bambie Thug brought witchy weirdness to Ireland’s Eurovision campaign, Norwegian singer Emmy has been selected as our 2025 representative with a high-energy ditty ...

Yet this is not a Holocaust memorial as such. Its official title is "the memorial to Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi genocide". I listen to a tour guide as she tells a group of ...

The lyrics reflect all she’s accomplished in her personal life, and her happiness at being back performing music. One of her signature songs, “The Power of Love” would be the first to show ...

Along with the still-relevant big names found in the below list of the Top 40 Songs of 1975, which were chosen by the UCR staff, some new faces begin to surface, as do genres that would have ...