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Before his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Geography is destiny!” And even today, this assertion prompts useful thinking about how geography influences development of economies over time and why apparently similar countries can have quite different outcomes. Such effects can be very broad, as on settlement or cropping patterns, but also on very […]

​Since Brexit the UK has been accused by some Irish critics of ‘British exceptionalism’.

A memorial to brave troops who took part in the Normandy landings and the fight to free Europe is being refurbished in time for the 80th anniversary…

A powerful storm named Babet will bring significant impacts of wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom into the weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm, which was crossing the English Channel between the U.K. and France as of Wednesday afternoon, local time, has already brought pounding waves and flooding rainfall to parts of the region. Similar conditions and at least gale-force winds were ahead for portions of northeastern England and Scotland through Saturday.

Cambridge college unearths two masses and brings good news from Ghent.

Whats On Kiev

Interwar development resulted in entirely new classes of planes such as bombers, night fighters, and ground attack aircraft. These were the most important.

Labour leader Keir Starmer excites very few voters but perhaps a period of dull government will suffice for now, writes Jim Spence.

Breaking: drunken halfwit breaks Brussels statue. Newsflash: grinning moron carves name in Colosseum. Update: Pisa plonker prosecuted for defacing tower. I coul

In cities across Europe and North America, a new crop of blockbuster art exhibitions heralds the arrival of autumn — and the variety is mouthwatering. Old maste