For most people, exchanging gifts is reserved for special occasions: birthdays, holidays, graduations. For presidents, it happens nearly every day.

1610: The assassination of Henry IV of France brings 10 year-old Louis XIII to the French throne. 1643: Louis XIV becomes king of France at 4 years-old. 1702: England and The Netherlands declare war ...

With their ancestral homeland at the heart of future peace talks with Russia, Crimean Tatars are fighting to keep their ...

With their ancestral homeland at the heart of future peace talks with Russia, Crimean Tatars are fighting to keep their language and practices alive in Ukraine, teaching some children who have never, ...

A historic marble plaque on the wall of Sokolniki underground station marks the opening of the Moscow metro 90 years ago.

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