Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
by Philip FONG HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack,…
6 years ago
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1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb
RENNES, France (AFP) -- Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday as a…
8 years ago
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…
9 years ago
Dunkirk battles to stay at no. 1
Reuters -- Christopher Nolan's World War Two drama 'Dunkirk' won the battle at the North American box office for a…
9 years ago
Trudeau says Canada ‘was born’ at French battle as he marks centenary
by Guy JACKSON Agence France Presse VIMY, France (AFP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country "was born…
9 years ago
Japan’s Abe in Hawaii to visit Pearl Harbor with Obama
HONOLULU, United States (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday ahead of a symbolic meeting…
10 years ago
Putin, Abe to take fresh stab at WWII island row
NAGATO, Russia (AFP) -- Russia and Japan kick off a summit Thursday aimed at reaching a deal over a group…
10 years ago
Hommage to Czech volunteers fallen in WWII defence of the Philippines
Following the Japanese attacks on the Philippines in December 1941 the entire community of the Czechs in Manila volunteered to…
10 years ago
Painting in Dutch royal collection was Nazi loot: official report
(Reuters) - The Dutch Royal Family owns a painting by a Dutch master that was looted during by the Nazis…
11 years ago
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