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Russia avoids ostentatious celebration on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution

Our chronology revisits the events in 1917 that shook the world

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Half a day in Bodrum

Egypt

Cosmic-ray imaging finds hidden structure in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass refutes the "breakthrough" findings, says it was known the pyramid had hollows inside it

Colombia

CIA told Hitler was alive after World War II

The documents have re-surfaced in the wake of the JFK release

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Russia

Russians remember Stalin victims

Flowers are laid in commemoration of the millions who died or were imprisoned during Stalin's purges

Russia

Trainspotting in the Shumkovo railway cemetery

Watch: Rare abandoned trains from the early 20th century reached their terminus near the Russian village of Shumkovo

USA

JFK's top-secret assassination files released, minus hundreds Trump ordered to be kept back

The papers were posted online by the National Archives and Records Administration in compliance with a 1992 law

Hungary

Tourists asked to help rebuild Hungarian castle five stones at a time

Reconstruction effort uses children's song title to attract temporary volunteers.

World News

Ancient amphitheatre found in Jerusalem

A half-built 2nd century amphitheatre has been unearthed in Jerusalem, the first such Roman-era find in the city

World News

Ancient Caral woman's face reconstructed in 3D

Researchers in Peru recreated the face of the 'Lady with the Four Brooches' from mummified remains found at an archaeological site.

Living

The Dirty Dozen

Watch, Wrist, Waterproof: getting all 12 is an all but impossible task.

Green News

24 hours in Trieste

First task: to discard any expectations that the city will fall neatly into your folder of Italian stereotypes.

France

How the French helped Catalonia hold its controversial independence vote

Ballot papers printed in a French region of the Pyrenees were sent to Catalonia in the run up to the referendum

China

Dish sold for $37.68 million

This transaction beats a world auction record

Albania

Albania’s communist bunkers put to new use

Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha commissioned the construction of 173,371 bunkers between 1975 and 1983, they are now being used as beach bars, restaurants, storages, dog houses and museums.

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Sixty years since Sputnik - the satellite that changed the world

Sixty years ago, Sputnik became the first satellite in space and changed the world forever.

Mexico

Mexico quake: evacuation drill may have saved lives

Mexico holds evacuation drills to mark the anniversary of the 1985 deadly quake

Cult

Mycenaean tomb found in Greece

In a major archaeological discovery, one of the largest Mycenaean tombs was brought into light this summer, on a mountainside in central Greece

Russia

Death of the man 'who saved the world'

Stanislav Petrov made a decision at the height of Cold War tensions that saved the lives of millions.

Living

A brief history of luxury

How have high tastes evolved over time?