It is widely known that Boris Yeltsin, the Russian president in his final years, struggled with severe alcohol problems.

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 12. Check what happened ...

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list ...

On Oct. 1, 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's ...

Berlin is set to rename Hofjägerallee after former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, 35 years after German reunification. Kohl, who ...

On Oct. 1, 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's ...

A RUSSIAN multi-millionaire married to a beauty queen has been found dead in bizarre circumstances after fleeing a £37 million fraud trial. Boris Avakyan, 43, a former customs chief, was ...

The acquisition of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova is the initial phase of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reunite the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. His assumption was that the ...

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the ...

The basis of Kremlin decision-making is Putin’s inviolability and a sense of security for him and his ruling group. It is not just about invulnerability from the outside world but also from the ...

Presently, China and Russia are very close. Beijing and Moscow’s 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation was timely renewed in 2021. Beijing has articulated on a string of ...

Today in History for Oct. 12: In 451, nearly 600 bishops of the Christian church began meeting at the Second Ecumenical Council. After several days of debate, the Chalcedonian creed, which affirmed ...