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Russian mobilization hikes urgency of oil price cap -Ukrainian presidential advisor

Russia's first mobilization since World War Two makes more urgent the need for a cap on Russian oil prices to cut off the "blood money" supporting its war in Ukraine, a senior economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Explainer-What does Vladimir Putin's 'partial' mobilisation mean for Russia's military machine?

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, an attempt to turn the military tide in what he has cast as a defining East-West clash.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Putin mobilises more troops for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its "nuclear blackmail", Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Germany: Issue of WW2 reparations is closed

The question of reparations has been concluded, a spokesperson for Germany's foreign ministry said on Thursday after Poland estimated its World War Two losses caused by Germany at 6.2 trillion zlotys and said it would demand reparations.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Poland estimates WW2 losses caused by Germany at $6.2 trillion, says ruling party boss

Poland estimates its World War Two losses caused by Germany at $6.2 trillion, the leader of the country's ruling nationalists Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Thursday, as he said the country would officially demand reparations.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Poland puts its WW2 losses at $1.3 trillion, demands German reparations

Poland estimates its World War Two losses caused by Germany at 6.2 trillion zlotys ($1.32 trillion), the leader of the country's ruling nationalists said on Thursday, and he said Warsaw would officially demand reparations.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Inside the life of Tim Page as legendary Vietnam War photographer dies aged 78

Tim Page was born on May 25 1944 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. When he was six, he found out he’d been adopted and that his biological father had died in a torpedo attack during World War Two

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Ukraine war: six months that shook the world

Six months ago, Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine on a "special military operation" - a mass invasion on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two.

Reuters · Aug 22, 2022

Sacrifice of those who died as POWs in Far East during World War Two remembered

War veterans and members of the public gathered at the Civic Centre to commemorate the end of the conflict on August 15, 1945.

Daily Record · Aug 21, 2022

Europe’s Drought Exposes Ancient Stones, World War Two Ships as Waters Fall

Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. In Spain, suffering its worst drought in decades, archaeologists have been delighted by the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle dubbed the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 20, 2022