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An abandoned World War II sea fort that you can live in has sold at auction - but it needs a little refurbishment

The brave bidder certainly has their work cut out

Manchester Evening News

D-Day pilot reveals secret to long life after celebrating 102nd birthday

Harry Gamper turned 102 on July 20, eight decades after serving in the RAF during World War II

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Italy is used to crises, but this one is tough

Italy has had dozens of governments since the end of World War II

The Independent UK

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Covered bridges once dotted Kentucky’s countryside. Fewer than a dozen remain standing

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Just before World War II, covered bridges — also called kissing bridges — could be found all over Kentucky, spanning rivers and creeks. Now, only 11 remain.

Tribune News Service

So, why is Turkey in NATO, anyway? A look at the country’s complex history with the alliance

WASHINGTON — Emerging from World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by 10 European countries, the United States and Canada to form a bulwark against the communist-ruled Soviet Union. It was a pillar in the new world order that was to last for the rest of the…

Los Angeles Times

NATO says Russia poses ‘direct threat’, invites Sweden, Finland

Alliance condemns Russia’s ‘appaling cruelty’ in Ukraine, vows to strengthen forces on eastern flank.

Al Jazeera

Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea

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After String of Adventures, Ancient Gold Ring Back in Greece

A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in World War II, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in a Swedish museum has found its way back to Greece. It was the latest in a series…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A WWII veteran meets the man who found and returned his long-lost bracelet

A Czech hobbyist who returned a Colorado veteran's bracelet he found at a former World War II prisoner of war camp finally got to meet the veteran, traveling halfway around the world to do so.

WEKU

What price will Ukraine pay for Washington's 'Lend & Lease' generosity?

The US has approved legislation that will revamp the World War II-era military "Lend-Lease" program to boost Ukraine's military. But, as France and other allies have experienced, US assistance in times of crisis can come with a price.

Radio France Internationale

Biden signs World War II-era “lend-lease” program that helped defeat Nazi Germany to aid Ukraine

Washington is seeking to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Partygate most closely examined event since World War II, claims minister

PM has ‘nothing to fear’ from new investigation, says close ally Conor Burns

The Independent UK

Putin's war in Ukraine opened a 76-year-old wound for Japan. This time, it isn't willing to appease Russia

Decades after the end of World War II, a small chain of islands claimed by both Russia and Japan have again become entangled in a conflict as Tokyo refuses to submit to Vladimir Putin any longer.

ABC News

How Russia's invasion turned everyday Ukrainians into heroes

More than 4.6 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, sparking the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. They have traveled on buses and trains, folded their dearest possessions into suitcases. They have crossed into foreign lands, their futures unknown.

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Crews work to save WWII destroyer taking on water in Buffalo

A decommissioned World War II-era destroyer docked near downtown Buffalo in New York was taking on water and listing perilously

France 24

Fake news story claims Chanel stores in Paris were vandalised with Hitler stickers

A fake "Le Figaro Live" news report on social media claims to report on Chanel stores in Paris being vandalised with Hitler images. The stickers reference Coco Chanel's Nazi connections during World War II. The backlash against the brand has emerged in protest at Chanel's sale ban in Russia amid…

Tribune News Service

Russia’s war in Ukraine: Key events and how it’s unfolding

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s biggest military assault since World War II with his Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, killing thousands of people, driving millions more from their homes, shaking the post-Cold War geopolitical order and roiling global markets.

The Conversation

UN Security Council is powerless to help Ukraine – but it's working as designed to prevent World War III

A clearly anguished Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 5, 2022, castigated the U.N. Security Council members for their inaction on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine: “Are you ready to close the U.N.? Do you think that the time of international law is gone?” We asked Thomas G. Weiss, a…

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The forgotten story of Black soldiers and the Red Ball Express during World War II

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had a problem. In June 1944, Allied forces had landed on Normandy Beach in France and were moving east toward Nazi Germany at a clip of sometimes 75 miles (121 kilometers) per day.

The Independent UK

'We fought for liberty:' Michigan WWII vets welcome memorial

Officials in Michigan are set to break ground on one of the few state-specific World War II memorials in the country

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Putin and Russia must answer for atrocities in Ukraine

In a powerful speech to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of the “most terrible war crimes” since World War II and rightly demanded that Russia face “full accountability” for its atrocities committed during its unprovoked invasion.

The Conversation

Witchcraft and fascism collide in Jane Rawson's imaginative new novel

In an age of polarisation, it’s instructive to return to the late 1930s, in the lead up to World War II, when the far left and far right were energised and prominent. In Australia, we tend to think that Nazi sympathisers didn’t exist, or were never significant, but in fact…

France 24

French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

Radio France Internationale

French presidential hopefuls rethink rhetoric as Russian realpolitik takes hold

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the internationally condemned act of aggression turned the political platforms of France's presidential candidates on their respective heads. The invasion that triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II saw parochial issues usurped by a conflict that has torn open France's Cold War…

France 24

Ukrainian refugee crisis: Women and children at risk from human traffickers

As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe is facing its fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. With the majority being women and children, there are growing concerns that they're a target for sex traffickers. Annette Young talks to Céline Schmitt from the UNHCR. Also how women villagers in Niger…

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