Tag: world war II
Ukrainian children’s war diaries are displayed in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote in hiding
AMSTERDAM: The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an…
Milan Kundera, exiled Czech writer who made light of the unbearable, dies at 94
PRAGUE: Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera, who satirised totalitarian regimes and mixed dark irony with philosophical musings to explore the human condition, has died, a library…
As Canada PM visits Kyiv, Zelenskyy says counteroffensive ‘taking place’
ZAPORIZHZHIA: In the south, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on an unforgiving landscape, table-flat farmland with little cover for troops trying to advance. And 60 miles…
Japan PM Fumio Kishida plans South Korean visit
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, as the…
‘Be a real man’: Russian army launches recruitment drive
MOSCOW: A slick new video that has gone viral on Russian social media platforms shows a taxi driver, a security guard and a fitness coach…
UN chief and West berate Russia’s top diplomat over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations chief and representatives from Western nations berated Russia’s top diplomat as he chaired a UN meeting Monday, accusing Moscow of…
Defence: Australia to prioritize long-range strike capability in defence shakeup
CANBERRA: Australia‘s government will prioritize long-range precision strikes, domestic production of guided weapons, and diplomacy – key points of a review released Monday recommending the…
‘Keep calm & carry on’: UK tests first-ever phone-based emergency alert
LONDON: The UK government issued a ‘Keep calm and carry on, this is just a test’ message for its first-ever life-saving Emergency Alerts Warning System,…
To counter China, US trade rep seeks closer ties to allies
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is pressing its case for a new approach to global trade, arguing that America’s traditional reliance on promoting free trade pacts…
Eye on China, neighbours accelerate biggest arms race in Asia since WWII
TINIAN (NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS): The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for US jets carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945….