Polish PM defends Holocaust bill that upset Israel, Ukraine
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday defended a controversial Holocaust bill…
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10 dates since Iran’s Islamic revolution
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Here are key events that have marked Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the…
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World Cup stadium rises from ashes of Battle of Stalingrad
by Dmitry Zaks © Agence France-Presse VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AFP) -- First they dug up the bones and defused the bombs. Then Russia…
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Holocaust survivor opens art museum in hometown Vilnius
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AFP) -- Painter and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak on Monday opened a museum of his allegorical work inspired by Jewish…
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WATCH: Contemporary artists bring giant sculptures to Versailles groves
As the winter season approaches, 14 international artists were tasked with installing works of arts in 14 of the famous…
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WWII bomb forces evacuation of 10,000 in Berlin
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- About 10,000 people in Berlin were forced to leave their homes on Monday as bomb disposal…
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Know more about the ASEAN
AS ASEAN celebrates its 50th anniversary, let's look back a history to know more about the Association of Southeast Asian…
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Katy Perry makes Twitter history with 100 million followers
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pop superstar Katy Perry has made history by becoming the first user to garner 100…
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Masked ‘explorers’ trespass into colonial buildings in bid to preserve Hong Kong history
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) - Atop Hong Kong's tallest peak blanketed in clouds, three masked urban explorers took a step…
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History lesson: S. Korea’s Moon scraps state textbooks
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In on Friday scrapped state-issued school history textbooks introduced by…
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Between the lines: historians put Stalin-era diaries online
by Anna MALPAS Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Tatiana Panova holds a photograph of her great-grandfather as a…
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Japan pays UNESCO dues suspended over Nanjing row
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan said on Thursday it has paid millions of dollars in UNESCO annual funding dues after…
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