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Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796, cheered herself by having servants tickle her feet. She also used to drink five cups of coffee at breakfast. Maria Theresa of ...
The Forbes 2025 ranking of the richest self-made women billionaires on the planet — China and U.S. dominate, as tech fuels fortunes.
McCOOK, Neb. — The number of tried-and-true, deep-rooted Nebraska food classics are few, but the ones we really love are rich with flavor.
The 2015 Sky Atlantic and HBO miniseries about Russia's most notorious empress and her momentous rule from 1764 to 1796 was written by Nigel Williams, ... "Catherine the Great" is a lifeless, ...
Ukraine’s foreign minister on Friday accused Russia of stalling peace negotiations, saying that Moscow had yet to share a promised memorandum outlining its peace terms.
What happened? Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Ukrainian drones had attacked airfields in five regions stretching across five time zones: Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur.
After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The ...
Russia accused Serbia of exporting arms to Ukraine, calling it a "stab in the back" from one of Moscow’s longest-standing European allies. ...
Moscow's demands, published in the Russian media, make it clear that President Vladimir Putin is determined to ensure the fulfillment of the goals in Ukraine he set when he launched the invasion ...
UNESCO’s comments confirm what experts already know: despite substantial money and effort, threats to the Great Barrier Reef aren’t going away.