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S Korea offers North economic benefits for denuclearization

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is offering “audacious” economic assistance to North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons program

The Independent UK

The secret Soviet whale tale

The untold story of the Soviet Union's illegal whaling — and the dissident scientists who took records

Salon

Japanese minister visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead: Report

Yasukuni shrine for war dead is seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan’s former military aggression.

Al Jazeera

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West Block's illustrious past, and Barry's job as a dreaded 'floater'

Vacant since 2015, this landmark Parliamentary Triangle building is chock full of stories and memories dating back to the 1920s.

The Canberra Times

Pritzker: Bailey owes apology to Holocaust survivors for ‘offensive’ comparison to abortion

Pritzker also called on more Republicans to speak out against the comments. “Why can’t Republicans just stand up and say what Darren Bailey said was wrong?” Pritzker asked. “Why can’t they do that?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion, contends Jewish community ‘told me that I’m right’

CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right.

Chicago Tribune

How Tolstoy hurts Putin's attempt to rewrite history

On April 10, Moscow police arrested Konstantin Goldman for brandishing a book in public. Mr Goldman had posted an image on social media in which he posed holding a copy of Tolstoy's War and Peace next to a section of a World War II monument that commemorates Kyiv's status as…

Bangkok Post

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Trump isn’t toast yet

Save the champagne. The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Florida estate probably doesn’t mean anything.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Who are you calling a 'fascist' — and do you even know what it means?

Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. Ask college students who won the Civil War or ask adults when the U.S. Constitution was ratified or whom the U.S. fought in World War II and shocking numbers will have no idea.

Los Angeles Times

The Justice Department just owned Trump in a court filing

His demand for a “special master” to review the documents found at Mar-a-Lago paved the way for a pretty brutal DOJ filing.

Mic

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Foreign Policy

75 years ago, Britain's plan for Pakistani and Indian independence left unresolved conflicts on both sides – especially when it comes to Kashmir

In 1947, the United Kingdom was exhausted. World War II had ravaged its military and economy, and anti-colonial movements had begun to challenge empires. Within the Indian subcontinent, the U.K. faced two powerful, seemingly irreconcilable nationalist movements: one calling for the creation of Pakistan, a homeland for the Muslims of…

The Conversation

Japanese sailor attacked at Solomon Islands memorial service

A Japanese sailor has been attacked in the Solomon Islands during a World War II memorial service that was also attended by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman

The Independent UK

WWII vet dies as his last wish was to be fulfilled: a pipe organ performance for 100th birthday

Robert Heinzen died a day before the celebration his family rushed to finalize. They decided to go ahead with the performance as a memorial Mass.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Bangkok Post

Japan, US vow to enhance ties with Solomon Islands amid China clout

Senior government and military officials from Japan and the United States on Sunday vowed to strengthen cooperation with the Solomon Islands amid increasing Chinese influence, as they gathered in the capital Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.

Tribune News Service

Remains of WWII solider identified as North Carolinian among first to land on D-Day

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — DNA, dental and other analyses confirmed the identity of remains buried in Belgium as a 27-year-old World War II soldier from North Carolina who died during battle in a German forest, officials with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday.

ABC News

Hiroshima's mayor slams Russia while marking 77th anniversary of atomic bombing

Bells toll in Hiroshima as officials, including the UN Secretary General, warn of a new arms race following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Brave World War II pilot flies into oblivion

Flying Officer B. Ramchandra Rao’s daring exploits have gone largely unrecognised

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On Japan's Yonaguni island, fears of being on the front line of a Taiwan conflict

Japan's westernmost island lies in sight of Taiwan, less than 70 miles away. On Thursday, a Chinese missile landed near Yonaguni. Japan has been strengthening defenses across its southwest islands.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Mercury Pictures Presents,' by Anthony Marra

FICTION: An entertaining and occasionally edifying look at European immigrants making movies in Hollywood during World War II.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bailey tries to explain past Holocaust remark after Pritzker, Jewish leaders and others denounce it

“The attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn’t even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion since its legalization,” Bailey said in a 2017 video. On Tuesday, Bailey tried to smooth out his earlier comments, saying in a statement the Holocaust…

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. Pritzker launches ad criticizing GOP rival for saying Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to lives lost to abortion

CHICAGO — Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker launched a TV spot on Tuesday criticizing Republican challenger Darren Bailey for a 2017 statement in which the wealthy downstate farmer contended the Holocaust during World War II pales in comparison with lives lost through abortion.

Daily Mirror

Treasure hunters' quest to track down Adolf Hitler's £19bn gold hoards

By the end of the war Nazis had more than £19billion of gold, but it disappeared – buried, hidden or sent abroad – and gold hunters have been searching for it ever since

ABC News

Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Man

Researchers have found a photograph of Carl Webb's brother, who died a prisoner of war, and he bears a "reasonable" resemblance to the Somerton Man.

The Independent UK

Chinese company eyes Solomon Islands deep-water port

A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry plantation with a deep-water port and World War II airstrip in Solomon Islands amid concerns that China wants to establish a naval foothold in the South Pacific country

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