German president asks forgiveness on Warsaw ghetto anniversary
by Stanislaw WASZAK Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Germany's president on Wednesday sought pardon for crimes committed by Germans…
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‘Burning all around’: Warsaw ghetto survivors recall uprising
by Bernard Osser with Michael Blum in Jerusalem Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Death, terror, hunger... Eighty years after…
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Gandhi’s killer a hero to India’s diehard Hindu nationalists
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse MEERUT, India (AFP) -- Hindu fundamentalist Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the…
3 years ago
Dutch PM apologises for 250 years of slavery
by Jan HENNOP Agence France-Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologized for…
4 years ago
Whites-only town booms in ‘Rainbow Nation’ South Africa
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse ORANIA, South Africa (AFP) -- From a distance, Orania looks like any other small town…
4 years ago
Nagasaki mayor warns of ‘crisis’ on atom bomb anniversary
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Nuclear weapons present a "tangible and present crisis" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the mayor of…
4 years ago
The centuries-old mines stirring Japan-South Korea tensions
by Sara Hussein Agence France-Presse SADO, Japan (AFP) -- Under a split-top mountain on the Japanese island of Sado lies…
4 years ago
‘Deepest shipwreck’: US WWII ship found off Philippines
MANILA , Philippines (AFP) -- A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 meters…
4 years ago
Rolex worn during WWII ‘Great Escape’ sells for $189,000 in New York
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from…
4 years ago
China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The return to Earth of three astronauts on Saturday after six months at China's new…
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Uruguay’s century-old Russian colony troubled over war from afar
by Jordane BERTRAND Agence France-Presse SAN JAVIER, Uruguay (AFP) - Far away from Kyiv and even further from Moscow, residents…
4 years ago
Shoah survivors condemn Putin’s claim of Ukraine ‘denazification’
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - Leading groups representing Holocaust survivors have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that the "denazification" of…
4 years ago
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