The offices of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe( SHAPE), NATO’s command centre near Mons in Belgium, are the opposite of imposing.... The building, erected in the late 1960s, was supposed to be temporary. Never before has the flimsiness of SHAPE so belied NATO’s monumental sense of mission.... Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, on February 24th 2022, has revitalised the alliance....

German archaeologists have found a “ copious amount of material ” that was hidden behind a wall in a residential building.... The discovery was made in Hagen, a city located 14 miles south of Dortmund, and contained official documents belonging to the National Socialist Worker’s Party( The Nazi Party), old letters, gas masks and brass knuckles.... The city now wants to examine the findings and potentially partially exhibit them. Experts are still not sure how old the materials are as they have

Image source, Getty Images By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Zara says it" regrets" a" misunderstanding" about an ad campaign criticised for using photos resembling images from the Israel-Gaza war.It has pulled the remaining pictures following days of backlash on social media and complaints to the UK's advertising watchdog.... One image showed a model holding a mannequin wrapped in white plastic. Zara said some customers saw" something far from what was intended when they were crea

image source, Reuters image caption, Turkeys could be hard to find this ChristmasShortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.... Here's a list of some of the worst shortages and the reasons for them. Cars, new and usedLet's start with one that has an easy explanation.... image source, Getty Images With fewer new cars for sale, sought-after second-hand motors have shot up in price....