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Names are more than just labels—they carry stories, meanings, and sometimes, heavy baggage from the past. Choosing a baby name can feel exciting, but it’s easy to overlook the deeper histories certain trends carry. Some popular name trends are linked to events or figures with troubling legacies. Understanding these dark…

History isn’t limited only to books; it’s also captured in powerful images. These 30 photos captured moments in history so emotional, striking, and shocking that they still resonate today.

Letter: Readers respond to an article by Aleks Krotoski about dictators and tech billionaires wanting to ‘solve the problem’ of ageing

Amid speculation and misinformation about his health, President Donald Trump is well and playing golf.

Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin ‘disappointed’ in comments by two of his MPs as Deeming says debate was planned weeks before Porepunkah deaths

George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) turns 80 on August 17 2025. If there’s one thing every student of history or politics knows, it’s that the novella is not really about animals. Sure, the principal characters are pigs and horses. But really, so we are told, it is about the Soviet…

With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet

In the thrilling finale of the TV series The Americans, set during the Reagan administration, deep-cover KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are faced with a difficult decision. Posing as an ordinary American married couple, for decades they have raised children, filed tax returns and slipped effortlessly into the rhythms…

‘No negotiation, no appeasement will bring an end this war,’ says Elham Yaghoubian, adding: ‘Only with removing this regime from Iran will bring peace and prosperity.’

A statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Taganskaya metro station in Moscow in May, recreating a mural that was dismantled decades ago. It is the first such statue to be erected in central Moscow since Stalin’s death in 1953 and marks a disturbing new stage in…

Exiled Soviet-era dissident tells the Guardian that for the US to turn its back on the territory would be ‘shameful’