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The Berlin Wall stood as a powerful symbol both during its years of concrete reality and in the moment it finally fell. For nearly 30 years it split East and West Germany, shaping daily life so profoundly that many believed they would never witness its opening. When the borders finally eased and reunification followed, the shift was so significant that it reshaped the way people understood their own futures. This is how looked then, and how it looks now. An abandoned car at t

On 5 September 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked in Karachi by four armed men from the Abu Nidal Organisation. What followed was a 16-hour ordeal of terror, bravery, and tragic loss, remembered most for the sacrifice of flight attendant Neerja Bhanot.

James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, born on September 3, 1929, in the tough, working-class neighbourhood of South Boston, rose to infamy as one...