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No consensus on cash boost for Japan's military

Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the United States took pains to ensure that Japanese militarism could never again pose a threat to the Asia-Pacific or the world. As in Germany, these efforts were profoundly successful. For almost eight decades, Japan has eschewed foreign adventures and violent conflict. Pacifism…

Bangkok Post

Twitter places big-name advertisers alongside neo-nazi video

Brands such as Adobe, Disney, Microsoft and the Telegraph appear alongside antisemitic World War II revisionist film

Evening Standard

UN steps up criticism of IMF and World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order

From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order

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Decorated American officer’s last remains to head home from Darjeeling after 58 years

The mortal remains of Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, one of America’s most decorated officers who fought in both World War I and World War II, are being returned home to the United States from West Bengal’s Darjeeling.

The Hindu

Book Review: 'V Is For Victory' explores FDR's bid to win public and industry support during WWII

Craig Nelson chronicles the key battle President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced as he worked to win over the public and industry's support during World War II in “V Is For Victory.”

The Independent UK

Captain Sir Tom Moore biopic gets green light with filming to begin in autumn

The flick will span the late pandemic hero’s entire life from his childhood in Yorkshire to his time serving in World War II, to his unexpected rise to fame

Evening Standard

Surviving as a POW in WWII set Alan Rabinov up for fashion business success

Alan Rabinov's skills as "one of the more successful traders and scroungers" in Changi helped set him up for success as a fashion entrepreneur after World War II.

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Tom Cruise goes wild with MTV award acceptance

Tom Cruise has bagged the 2023 MTV award best performance, accepting it from the pilot's seat of a World War II-era fighting plane.

The New Daily

Jeepney Drivers in the Philippines Brace for Public Transport Overhaul

The Philippine government plans to phase out traditional public jeepneys, the iconic Filipino version of a minibus that originated from American military jeeps from World War II. Workers say it’s killing the only jobs they know that could support them and their families.

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‘Weeds never die’: On-form Pope issues tough warning

The Pope has urged a return to the "European spirit" envisioned by the founders of modern Europe after World War II as he visits Hungary.

The New Daily

A brother thought lost, yet finally found, brings a special Anzac memory

Les Drew remembers his brother lost at sea in World War II

The Canberra Times

NT prepares for increase in military spending, US Marines after Defence Strategic Review

It was on the frontline in World War II, and now officials say Australia's north will once again be key for the nation's future defences.

ABC News

A concrete heritage: French Atlantic vestiges of WWII given new lease of life

Eight decades after World War II, the Atlantic Wall is still breaking up. Along the coast of Brittany, in western France, lie more than 1,000 bunkers. Most of these vestiges of German occupation are abandoned, but some have been given a new lease of life. The submarine base of Lorient…

France 24

Emil Bocek, last Czech RAF pilot during WWII, dies at 100

The last living Czech pilot who fought the Nazis while serving with Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II has died at age 100

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'The Art Spy': The true story of French art historian Rose Valland's role in WWII

Rose Valland was one of the most highly decorated spies during World War II, credited with playing a leading role in saving thousands of looted artworks during the Nazi occupation. She was a Parisian art historian who spied on powerful Nazi leaders such as Hermann Göring over a period of…

The Independent UK

Linda Villarosa, Deborah Cohen among Lukas prize winners

Linda Villarosa's exploration of racism’s impact on the American healthcare system and Deborah Cohen’s history of a network of journalists who confronted fascism before World War II were among the winners of awards announced Tuesday by the J

Bangkok Post

The United Nations mustn't be powerless

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a good opportunity to reflect on the war's global implications. In addition to untold human misery, Russia's aggression triggered a historic food and energy crisis and caused global inflation to spike, endangering the world's fragile economic recovery from Covid-19. But…

Los Angeles Times

Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered its second year, with a universal realization that the world is witnessing a long, protracted conflict, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, in which Moscow and Kyiv are hoping against long odds for a decisive breakthrough in 2023.

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Commentary: The first year of war in Ukraine has defied predictions

If you told me a year ago that the Russian army would be performing as incompetently in Ukraine as it is today, I would have responded with a sarcastic chuckle. And yet, 12 months into Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II, this is precisely what has occurred. The Ukrainians…

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The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate.

Tribune News Service

Hal Brands: Ukraine’s future is not in NATO

During World War II, the Allies started planning for the postwar era before victory was anywhere in sight. One year into Ukraine’s struggle against Russia, its time for Kyiv and the West to do likewise.

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Thousands turn out to commemorate 81st anniversary of the bombing of Darwin

More than 230 people were killed during the first Japanese raids on the city during World War II, in which hundreds of bombs were dropped.

Bangkok Post

Japan is facing a fiscal dilemma

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently unveiled an ambitious plan to double the country's defence budget to ¥43 trillion, roughly 2% of Japan's GDP, over the next five years. Notably, the country's massive rearmament programme, its biggest since the end of World War II, has not triggered a political or…

Chicago Tribune

Grieving relatives identify woman, 96, found in Chicago freezer while her daughter charged in death

CHICAGO — Regina Michalski made homemade kolaczki and planted beautiful flowers in her Northwest Side backyard every year. Born in Poland in 1926, the “very smart” 96-year-old retired Motorola technician was fluent in German and Russian and lived through the Nazi occupation during World War II, her relatives said.

Bangkok Post

Warsaw Uprising a lesson for all

January 27 was designated by the UN as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the six million Jews that were murdered in the Holocaust. During World War II, the Nazi regime systematically and brutally annihilated, in cold blood, six million Jews, including one million children, together with another…

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