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Mushroom hunting in Germany sees a revival thanks to veganism and medicinal fungi, in photos

Wolfgang Bivour, a renowned fungi expert in Germany, leads mushroom hunting tours near Potsdam. This activity, once a necessity after World War II, is seeing a revival. The pandemic and a growing interest in veganism and medicinal fungi have fueled this trend.

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Suspect In Kirk Killing Allegedly Etched 'Hey Fascist! Catch' On Bullet Casing

Another featured the line "O Bella ciao, Bella ciao, Bella ciao, ciao ciao," a lyric from an Italian World War II-era partisan song widely associated with anti-fascist resistance. Another casing read "If you read this you are gay lmao."

International Business Times

Argentina recovers Nazi-looted painting missing for 80 years after surfacing in online listing

Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady, stolen from Dutch-Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, was discovered in a real estate listing.

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A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of…

The Independent UK

On VJ Day, King Pays Tribute To UK Veterans, Warns Of War's 'True Cost'

King Charles III Friday lauded the "courage" of veterans and civilians who paid a high price to end World War II, leading UK commemorations for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

International Business Times

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates

The Independent UK

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.”

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Graves prepared for Srebrenica victims 30 years after massacre

Fresh graves were dug in Srebrenica for seven recently identified victims of the 1995 massacre, Europe’s only genocide recognised by the UN since World War II, nearly 30 years after their deaths.

Euronews

Anti-tourism protests are not new. They happened in ancient Rome, 19th-century England and after World War II

This hot European summer, anti-tourism protests have made headlines, from Barcelona to Venice, Mallorca and the Canary Islands. The unrest is not confined to Europe, though.

The Conversation

Promising reform, Noem tells US Coast Guard Academy graduates they will lead a 'brand new' service

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II

The Independent UK

Nazi Files Found In Champagne Crates In Argentine Court Basement

A hoard of World War II-era Nazi propaganda and membership documents has been unearthed in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court, where it has lain, stashed in champagne crates, since 1941.

International Business Times

As Europe celebrates the triumph of V-E Day, Algeria marks parallel legacy of colonial-era massacres

As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is remembering a darker anniversary: the colonial-era massacres that unfolded on the same day

The Independent UK

Astana hosts major military parade for WWII 80th anniversary

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led commemorations marking 80 years since the end of World War II with a major military parade in Astana on Wednesday.

Euronews

The road to V-E Day, from the assault on Berlin to bonfires and dancing in the capitals of Europe

Victory in Europe Day is remembered in the public imagination as a singular event marking the end of World War II in Europe — a moment of sheer emotional release filled with dancing, bonfires and service personnel hanging off lampposts to survey the crowds

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US and Philippine forces cancel ship-sinking drill after World War II-era target prematurely sinks

A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be cancelled

The Independent UK

Black female WWII unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' to receive congressional honor

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” will be presented with the Congressional Gold Medal

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How a post-World War II ‘Red Scare’ resonates in modern America - Roll Call

Clay Risen joins “Equal Time” to talk about the past, the present and “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America.”

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Narrow Road to red carpet for stars of wartime epic

Australian stars have walked the red carpet for the premiere of an epic wartime miniseries set in a Japanese PoW camp during World War II.

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The MAGA cargo cult: Freedom is slavery

Trump's followers have embraced so many absurd, illogical contradictions they have no way back to reality. Do we?

The Conversation

Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return

For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and did – burn. In 1666, a fire in a bakery went on to destroy two-thirds of the city of London, leaving 85% of residents homeless. In 1871, fire burned out huge areas…

Texas Observer

‘Asylum as We Know It’: An Immigration Historian on Trump, Refuge, and Exclusion

After World War II, "People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't have been killed in Europe."

The Independent UK

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy tries to shift blame for recent air disasters onto Pete Buttigieg

‘Mayor Pete failed for four years to address the air traffic controller shortage and upgrade our outdated, World War II-era air traffic control system,’ Duffy says

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror

During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars.

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy visits Poland as sides reach deal on exhuming Polish victims of WWII-era massacres

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists

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You Can Buy a Real, Armored Presidential Limo

Did you know Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to have an armored limousine? At the height of World War II, the Secret Service decided that the president needed a safer means of transportation. And that tradition still stands today.

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