Sizzle in the sun: July was the HOTTEST month ever around the world

July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. A young woman cools off in a fountain during a hot summer day at Gorky park in Moscow. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters The average......

The war that changed the world

'The Russians had risen to great heights of sacrifice and heroism and won a victory against Hitler and Nazism at such a tremendous cost in spite of being weighed down by the tyranny and oppression......

What remains of the October Revolution in St Petersburg

It's been 100 years since Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the government, and its legacy remains visible even today in the buildings and monuments scattered throughout St Petersburg.T N Ninan......