In this video, we explore daily life in East Germany during the Cold War. From the state-controlled economy and strict surveillance of the Stasi to the culture, education, and everyday struggles of ...

“We heard about this half an hour before it was on TV ,” says a white-uniformed employee in the shop at the factory gates.

Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge claimed his second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The 36-year-old world record holder finished with a ...

The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the ...

From Iran to Iraq, Brazil to Vietnam, Washington has sought to topple leaders and regimes it thinks are acting against its ...

October 3, 2026, will mark the 36th anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany. Every year on this day, the country celebrates German Unity Day, a nationwide acknowledgement of when the ...

Discover a few interesting things you might not know about Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945—from royal princesses in conga lines to Stalin's demanding a second Nazi surrender.

In the 1960's, a porcelain factory uprooted from war-torn East Germany, a divided country, fraught with political tension, ...

Nordic combined, the only Olympic sport that bars women from competition, dates to the original Winter Games but may not ...

The restorative power of nature has long been known. Whether it's a long walk beside the sea, a hike through woodland, a ...