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Turning One $40 Share Into $29,400,000: One of the Greatest ‘Do Nothing’ Trades in History

In September 1919, the Coca-Cola Company (KO) went public at $40 per share. At the time, the world was emerging from World War I, the automobile was still a luxury, and soft drinks were sold primarily at soda fountains. Few investors could have imagined that a single share purchased back...

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JD Vance Faces Backlash for WWII 'Negotiation' Claim: 'Books Are Great. So Is History. Vance Should Try Both'

Vice President JD Vance has drawn sharp criticism after a clip of him claiming that World War II ended through negotiation went viral.

Latin Times

Dutch intelligence services say Russia has stepped up use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine

Two Dutch intelligence agencies say that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin

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Trump Goes Mum On 'Armenian Genocide' After Biden Recognition

US President Donald Trump on Thursday steered clear of describing the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as "genocide," a reversal from his predecessor Joe Biden.

International Business Times

French lake still riddled with bombs 80 years after World War II

The apparently pristine Gerardmer lake in the Vosges mountains of eastern France conceals a bleak legacy of 20th-century conflict – dozens of tonnes of unexploded ordnance from the two world wars.

Radio France Internationale

World War I British warship that sank in a surprise U-boat attack 110 years ago discovered in North Sea

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

LiveScience

France Makes Landmark Gesture Over WWII Massacre Of African Troops

France has made a key gesture of remembrance for the dozens of African troops shot dead on French army orders in Senegal during World War II, as Paris seeks to ease tensions with former colonies over historical memory, the government said on Sunday.

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World War II veterans leave their children a legacy of trauma

The trauma experienced by World War II veterans of D-Day left a lasting impact on their children at a time before post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was recognised, leaving families struggling to understand and cope with the psychological scars. Recent gatherings of experts in Normandy highlight both the enduring challenges and…

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Global Screen Sells 'Davos 1917' Spy Drama To North America

Global Screen's 'Davos 1917' spy drama series sold to North America and European broadcasters, set in 1917 during World War I.

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A century ago, Black WWI vets demanded better care. They got their own VA hospital

This is the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans. It opened in Tuskegee, Ala., after veterans were denied equitable health care after World War I.

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World War I-era plane flips onto roof trying to land near Massachusetts museum; pilot unhurt

Massachusetts authorities say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over onto its roof as the pilot tried to land outside of a military history museum

The Independent UK

A musical celebrating unsung female heroes of World War I

Heart Strings Theatre Co is bringing the show to Canberra.

The Canberra Times

World War II vet from Jamaica was modest, private man who volunteered in Britain's hour of need

A Jamaican man who volunteered for the Royal Air Force and flew bombing missions in World War II was remembered at his funeral as a dignified, gracious, quiet man with an old-school charm

The Independent UK

Henry Kissinger warns U.S.-China tensions are 'classic pre-World War I'

A.I. could be the next technology of mutually assured destruction as the world becomes more dangerous.

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Statue of World War I surgeon Vera Scantlebury Brown unveiled in home town of Linton

World War I surgeon, trailblazer, and child health advocate Vera Scantlebury Brown is memorialised in bronze in her home town of Linton.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How Los Angeles’ first female public defender pioneered the rule that led to Trump’s indictment

Warren G. Harding was a terrible president, but he did get two things right. He freed an ailing Eugene Debs from federal prison, where Debs had been locked up for criticizing World War I, and he appointed Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles’ first female public defender, as assistant attorney general…

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Would tanks turn the tide? Pressure mounts on Germany to supply Ukraine

Why the tanks? Vladimir Putin wanted a lightning capture of Kyiv, but seems happy to settle for a long artillery war that potentially lasts for years. Ukraine's allies argue that only tanks can speed up a win. We ask why and look at the World War I-style trench warfare that's…

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Australian War Memorial says Shellal Mosaic taken during World War I would not be accepted into its collection today

There have been calls for the nearly 1500-year-old mosaic to be returned to its place of origin, however, the Australian War Memorial says that "may further damage what remains of this precious work".

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Newcastle pays its respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Red like timeworn blood, the poppy has become a symbol of Remembrance Day.After the First World War it was the first flower to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium.

The Independent UK

French iconic painter of black Pierre Soulages dead at 102

French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has died, according to the Soulages Museum in his hometown of Rodez

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Ashington's Wallaw Cinema and the last picture show 40 years ago

The post-World War II years marked cinema's golden age - it was a time when nearly every North East town had a cinema, and often more than one

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Ukrainian Fighters Take Out Russian Soldiers In WWI-Style Trenches Thanks To Drone

These images purport to show Ukrainian fighters taking out Russian soldiers in World War I-style trenches thanks to a drone.

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Australian actor Odessa Young shines in British post-WWI drama Mothering Sunday

Australian actor Odessa Young shines in Mothering Sunday, a British post-World War I drama full of repressed emotions and slow-burning intensity.

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Winner of Gallipoli Art Prize announced

A Newcastle artist's painting of a sword used in World War I and an item she mistook for a whip has won the 2022 Gallipoli Art Prize.

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Calls for statue to honour Annie Wheeler, known as Mother of Anzacs in World War I

When Australian Annie Wheeler found herself in London in 1914, she wanted to help the war effort. She started writing an index card for every Queensland soldier she met.

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