Berlin

Remembering a Red Flag Day

The signal to the world that Hitler had been defeated was a photograph of a Soviet soldier raising his army's flag over the Reichstag. The posthumous return of the photographer allows Berliners to reflect

Paris

Celine Dion in Napoleon's Pantheon of Greatness

Inducting the Canadian chanteuse into the Legion of Honor has many questioning the purpose of France's highest civilian medal

Moscow

When the Oligarch's Gladiators Choked

The fruits of Roman Abramovich's billion-dollar investment in Chelsea Football Club failed to give Russia a "proxy" victory on home soil

Kajaki

Jelly Doughnuts at the Hotel California

Creature comforts require ingenuity from the British soldiers of an isolated combat base in Afghanistan

London

Jack the Ripper Revisited

London remains obsessed with the serial killer who, more than a century ago, introduced its more comfortable residents to the squalor of its East End

Sochi

The True Costs of Hosting the Winter Olympics

On the Black Sea, residents are angry about a land-confiscation law that darkens what they thought was a bright future

Harlem

Debating the Historic District's Next Renaissance

An ambitious redevelopment plan has residents and city planners feuding over what constitutes progress

Kajaki Olya

Treading Water in Opium Country

Lacking the troop strength to prevail against the Taliban, a British officer finds himself "sharing" a stage with the insurgents

Barcelona

In Spain, the Pain of No Rain

Many have predicted that future wars will be fought not over oil, but over water. In Spain, that day seems to draw closer

Tokyo

Love's Winter Bloom

Three times as many senior citizens marry in Japan today as compared with a generation ago. Internet dating may be helping boost the numbers

Sao Paulo

An Economic Stimulus — to Brazil's Sex Life

As prosperity pushes millions into the middle class, the market for erotic paraphernalia is booming

Paris

Video: The Accidental Museum

For Parisians interested in their city's history, a subway station undergoing renovation is a hot attraction

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