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Putin recognizes 2 Ukrainian enclaves as independent

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two Ukrainian breakaway republics as independent, a move certain to further inflame animosities with the West and escalate fears of an invasion that could ignite fighting reminiscent of World War II and redraw the map of Eastern Europe.

Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris departs Europe as Ukraine tension accelerates, Russia extends troop exercises

MUNICH, Germany — Vice President Kamala Harris concluded a trip to Munich on Sunday aimed at shoring up alliances amid a barrage of shelling in eastern Ukraine and other signs that diplomatic efforts to forestall the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II were failing.

Los Angeles Times

Solemn anniversary for Japanese Americans

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged on Friday to tackle racism as the country marked 80 years since the signing of a presidential order that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

Bangkok Post

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Okinawa aims to open army bunker to convey war tragedy

NAHA -- The Okinawa prefectural government is moving to open to the public a bunker built by the Japanese Imperial Army in Naha during the Battle of Okinawa at the end of World War II.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Service marks 80 years since Darwin attack

A special ceremony making 80 years since Darwin was bombed during World War II is under way in the Northern Territory.

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The Cold War, modern Ukraine and the spread of democracy in the former Soviet bloc countries

As Russia masses forces and equipment on Ukraine’s border, international tensions over a possible invasion intensify almost daily. Ukraine has emerged as ground zero of what some pundits have dubbed a new Cold War between Russia and the West.

The Conversation

US pilot dubbed the Candy Bomber for dropping sweets during Berlin Airlift dies aged 101

Beloved in Germany, US military pilot Gail S Halvorsen became known as the Candy Bomber due to him dropping sweets for children during the Berlin Airlift after World War II.

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'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during Berlin Airlift dies

A U.S. military pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin Airlift after World War II ended has died

The Independent UK

Racism and the roots of conservative philanthropy in the US

How a backlash against racial liberalism led to the rise of a philanthropy that discourages discussions on race.

Al Jazeera

French Senate finalises moves to return Nazi looted artworks to owners

The French senate has approved the return of 15 artworks looted from Jews during World War II, the last step in a process that started in the National Assembly in January. The move will open the door to further restitutions.

Radio France Internationale

Risk of a Ukraine war spreading in Europe rests on unknowns

A Russian invasion and takeover of Ukraine would deliver a blow to European order like none since World War II

The Independent UK

France approves returning 15 artworks stolen from Jews

Paris (AFP) - The French senate Tuesday approved the return of 15 artworks looted from Jews during World War II, as part of efforts by the government to accelerate restitutions.

AFP

Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances

A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee dropped his objections to adding more land to the federal government’s portfolio

The Independent UK

US to open embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China’s influence

The State Department said Solomon Islanders cherished their history with Americans on the battlefields of World War II

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Aviation tales from Old Bar Airfield portray a tiny airstrip with a big history still in use today

Aviation pioneers including Nancy Bird Walton flew there, and it was the base for a search to find famous actors missing at sea. This country airstrip has links to the earliest days of Australian aviation.

Manchester Evening News

Bomb squad swarm street after homeowner finds 'World War II device' in his back garden

'I prodded it a bit... and called 999'

Radio France Internationale

American D-Day hero presented with France's Legion of Honour in New York

100-year-old African American Osceola Lewis Fletcher was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur on Thursday for his "utmost example of bravery and courage," following the D-Day invasions in Normandy during World War II.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire pub forced to take down flag tribute to Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi

People branded the flag an 'insult' to those who died fighting the Japanese during World War II

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Bitter row erupts over Anne Frank betrayal book

The Hague (AFP) - It was meant to put one of World War II's greatest mysteries to rest, but instead a new book about young diarist Anne Frank has stirred up ghosts from the past.

Daily Record

Scots pub forced to take down Japanese flag for Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi after bizarre complaints

The pub came under fire on social media from some who have branded the flag an “insult” to British people who died fighting the Japanese in World War II.

The Independent UK

Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law

The bill includes funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II

The Conversation

A brief history of the NFL, 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the Super Bowl and their tangled saga of patriotism and dissent

When NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden visited the White House in August 1945, no sitting president had ever attended a professional football game. World War II was coming to a close and the commissioner presented President Harry Truman with a golden pass to any game on any day.

The Independent UK

Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the Holocaust

Maksim Goldenshteyn's book, “So They Remember,” tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandparents who languished in Jewish death camps and ghettos in Transnistria during World War II — a chapter of the Holocaust which some say is largely forgotten

The Independent UK

Biden signs bill to honor WWII Ghost Army soldiers

Members of two top-secret World War II military units referred to as the “Ghost Army” will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 75 years after their service, under legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden

Al Jazeera

Elderly Ukrainians: ‘I was born in a war and will die in war’

Al Jazeera speaks to some of the 900,000 pensioners on the front line, some of whom survived World War II.

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