World War II

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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (Photo: AP)

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“Permacrisis” was the Collins Dictionary's word of the year, perhaps unsurprisingly, as we lived through great upheavals

01 Jan 2023 12:00 AM

Britain's King Charles III greets newly appointed Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on October 25, 2022, where he was invited to form a government. (Photo: AFP)

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The rich symbolism of the breaking of the glass ceiling on Diwali day by a politician, was most celebrated in India

26 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queen's Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

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Her image and the values she stood for had resonated far beyond a shrinking British Empire

10 Sep 2022 12:11 AM

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a couple walks through a park at sunset in Kansas City, Mo. According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. (AP/Charlie Riedel, File)

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since World War II

The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse, three years

21 Jul 2021 1:15 PM

A statue of Dwarkanath Kotnis in Shijiazhuang Hebei,China. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

China to unveil bronze statue of Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis

Kotnis, who hailed from Maharashtra, was sent to China as part of a five-member team of doctors to help the Chinese during World War II

28 Aug 2020 1:39 PM

Visitors in Japanese Imperial army and navy uniforms walk near Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead. (AP)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end, PM Abe stays silent on wartime hostilities

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japan’s brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:48 AM

Global economy to plunge into worst recession since WW-II, says World Bank. (AFP Photo)

World Bank says global economy to shrink 5.2%, worst recession since WWI

Per capita incomes are expected to decline by 3.6 per cent, which will tip millions of people into extreme poverty this year

09 Jun 2020 11:06 AM

Commuters crowd Cadorna train station in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo)

Italy slips into great recession since World War II

Business confidence in the eurozone's third largest economy in May plummeted to its lowest level

30 May 2020 10:03 AM

Indian Army’s oldest artillery man, Major (retd) Gurdial Singh Jallawalia, who fought four wars, including World War II and two wars with Pakistan, passed away at the age of 102. (Photo-SocialXYZ))

Army’s oldest artillery man Jallawalia passes away at 102

Retd Major was veteran of WW-II, 2 wars with Pakistan

23 May 2020 11:00 AM

Rama Mehta (Khandwala) at her residence in Mumbai

Woman of Courage

On Women’s Day, 94-year-old Second Lt., Platoon Commander Rama Mehta of Azad Hind Fauj, reminisces her days spent fighting for independence

30 Mar 2020 2:45 PM

Putin has said on several recent occasions that Poland bears responsibility for the outbreak of the war, deepening tensions between the two Slavic nations. (Photo: File)

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about WWII, says attempt to 'conceal' Russia's issue

'President Putin has lied about Poland on numerous occasions, and he has always done it deliberately,' Prime Minister Morawiecki said.

30 Dec 2019 9:11 AM

Presumably, the records imply that the women referred to as 'geisha' might have come on their own, as opposed to sex slaves, who were coerced. (Photo: File | Representational)

Japan asked for 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent rape, disease'

The sex slaves issue has been a source of a painful dispute between South Korea and Japan.

08 Dec 2019 11:37 AM

Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era. (Photo: File)

Ex-Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone passes away at 101

He was in office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987,

29 Nov 2019 1:00 PM

No 1 Squadron of the IAF at the crucial battle of Imphal in 1944. Their CO, Squadron Leader Arjan Singh, later the iconic five-star Marshal of the IAF, is at the wheel of the jeep;

Remembering the IAF in a distant war

The book, The Forgotten Few: The Indian Air Force in World War II, is a narrative history of the Indian Air Force’s contribution to World War II.

25 Aug 2019 7:28 AM

The restored plane fought in World War II but has been de-militarised, stripped of its guns and paintwork to reveal the shining, silvery metal underneath. (Photo: Twitter/ LongestFlight)

‘Majestic machine’ of World War II to attempt 43,500 km global flight

Agile, short-range interceptors, Spitfires were crucial in 1940 Battle of Britain as UK fought off threat of an invasion by Nazi Germany.

05 Aug 2019 11:22 AM

Indian ambassador to Italy, Reenat Sandhu and a group of Indian, Italian and other foreign officers at the Urn Presentation ceremony.

Italians are grateful to Indian soldiers who had helped them in World War II

Almost 50,000 Indian troops, mostly between the ages of 19 to 22, fought for Italy’s liberation during World War II.

11 Jun 2019 1:17 AM

The ceremony was conducted as per appropriate military honours after which urns containing the ashes of the individuals were handed over by the Italian authorities to the Indian side

Italy hands over urns of 2 WWII soldiers to India

Ceremony organised to commemorate sacrifice by Indians during war.

01 Jun 2019 1:51 AM

Akihito, 85, was the first Japanese monarch to take the throne under a post-war constitution that defines the emperor as a symbol of the people without political power. (Photo: AP)

Japanese Emperor Akihito to abdicate after three decades on throne

Akihito, who has had treatment for prostate cancer and heart surgery, said that his age would make it hard for him to carry out his duties.

30 Apr 2019 11:26 AM

Macron's visit to the Jewish cemetery in the Alsace region, near Germany, where 96 Jewish tombstones were daubed with swastikas. (Photo: AFP)

France concerned over increasing anti-Semitic sentiment

Anti-Semitism worst since WWII, Macron tells Jewish group.

21 Feb 2019 5:31 PM

The iconic photo taken at the Times Square right after the end of WWII in 1945, the statue was modellled on. (Photo: ANI)

Statue depicting non-consensual kiss defaced

Iconic WWII statue of sailor kissing nurse non-consensually vandalised.

21 Feb 2019 5:07 PM

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