On March 3, 1918, Russia quit World War I with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk—ceding vast territory and reshaping borders from the Baltics to Ukraine. Here’s how that rushed “peace” still echoes in ...

When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it hasn’t always been like that. In fact, Santa Claus is the product of the merging ...

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany ...

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone.

If World War Three were to break out following the Middle East conflict, some medical conditions will make Brits exempt from ...

Today is Saturday, March 7, the 66th day of 2026 with 299 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars.

When does daylight saving time begin in 2026? Here's a look at when the time changes this year, and why we change our clocks in the first place.

I arrived in Tallinn as a tourist and loved it so much that I became a local. All at once, Tallinn is modern and medieval, crowded and calm, urban and untouched. Let me show you how you can experience ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat has changed dramatically in the 86 years since the Winter War between Finland and Russia. Lessons from the war still apply ...

Combat has changed in the decades since Finland's Winter War with Russia, but one key lesson still shapes how it thinks about fighting in the Arctic. Dense forests and deep snow force armies onto ...

A deserted cafe and petrol station near the Niirala border crossing to Russia shows how life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023. Helsinki had ...