World War II
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Featured News
Japan marks the 75th anniversary of war ended with no Abe apology
Tokyo: Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing deep remorse over his country’s wartime actions at a sombre annual ceremony…
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Middle East
Beirut Blast destroys 19th-century Sursock palace
Beirut: The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country’s 1975-1990 civil war, it took 20 years of…
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World
Unexploded World War II bomb in Hong Kong defused
Hong Kong: An unexploded World War II bomb weighing about 45 kg that could have “caused serious damage” was defused by Hong Kong police on Friday, reported. The device, which was…
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Featured News
World War II ‘surrender documents’ head to be auctioned
New Delhi: Historically significant documents related to the second World War, including “the document that forced the surrender of Nazi Germany”, will go under the hammer at a live auction…
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India
Trump decides to withdraw troops from Germany
Washington: President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw thousands of US troops from Germany, multiple media reports said. There has been American presence in the European nation from the post-World War…
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News
WWII veteran, 99, raises more than £12 mln for UK health workers
London: A 99-year-old British World War II veteran has raised more than £12 million ($15 million, 13.8 million euros) in his fundraising challenge for frontline health workers by walking laps of his garden. Tom…
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Top Stories
Wimbledon to be cancelled for first time since WWII
London: Wimbledon looks certain to be scrapped for the first time since World War II by tournament chiefs on Wednesday as the coronavirus wreaks further havoc on the global sporting…
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World
COVID-19 pandemic most challenging crisis since World War II: UN
United Nations: The coronavirus pandemic is the most challenging crisis the world has faced since World War II, one that is killing people and will also lead to an economic…
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CAA-NRC
Urmila compares CAA with Rowlatt Act, gets WW II years wrong
Pune: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday compared the Citizenship Amendment Act with the British era Rowlatt Act 1919, but got the year wrong when World War II ended. “After the…
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World
Massive WWII bomb sparks evacuations in Frankfurt
Frankfurt: The plans to defuse a massive 500-kilogram American bomb, dating back to the World War II, sparked wide evacuations around the Frankfurt Zoo on Sunday. At least 16,500 people,…
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News
World War II aircraft carrier discovered beneath surface of South Pacific
Honiara: Aircraft carrier USS Wasp, that had not been seen since 1942, has been spotted nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific. The aircraft was sighted after…
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Hyderabad News
Pulwama kind of incident doesn’t take place without security lapse somewhere: Former RAW chief Vikram Sood
Hyderabad: Referring to the debilitating terror attack on CRPF convoy in J&K’s Pulwama district on Thursday which left 40 jawans killed and many others injured, former RAW chief Vikram Sood…
