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Le Pen’s far-right party wins first round as Macron’s snap elections gamble backfires

Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally led a first round of voting on Sunday in exceptionally high-stakes elections that could put France’s government in the hands of a far-right party for the first time since World War II. President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition was beaten into third place by a…

France 24

Experts Press Swiss Foundation Over Nazi-era Art Collection

A Swiss foundation must do more to trace the provenance of works in a vast art collection acquired in questionable circumstances during World War II, a team of experts said Friday.

International Business Times

A Government Veto on Speech at the Supreme Court

Murthy v. Missouri challenges government efforts to suppress dissenting viewpoints on social media.

Reason

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Komodo Kamado Launches the 'Goldilocks' – a 38-inch Kamado That's 'Just Right' for Grilling, Smoking, & Baking

A kamado is a Japanese-style earthenware cooking vessel introduced to the West in the decades following World War II. Today, a common version of the kamado is a hinged ceramic pot with grates and airflow control ports.

International Business Times

Poland rolls out ‘Army Holidays’ with Russia in mind

Young Poles fear they can no longer take that peace for granted

The Independent UK

Supreme Court will take up Hungary's bid to end lawsuit from Holocaust survivors

The Supreme Court has agreed to intervene for the second time in a dispute between Hungary and Holocaust survivors who want to be compensated for property confiscated from them during World War II

The Independent UK

Has France's far right really changed? National Rally revises past positions

French President Emmanuel Macron decided to take a punt by calling snap elections. Now will voters do the same? For all its insistence that it’s no longer far right, for all its reversals and reviews on issues like pension reform and support for Ukraine, the cornerstone of Marine Le Pen’s…

France 24

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A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War

Darren Sands, now a reporter for The Associated Press, was researching his family history three years ago when he found a riveting missing piece

The Independent UK

Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups

As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years.

The Conversation

France's Legislative Election Sees Surge In Voter Proxy Requests

In France, voters are delegating their voting rights and forming coalitions to counter the rise of the far-right in the upcoming legislative election.

Top News

A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II

The Independent UK

AI technology used to distort Holocaust history, UN body warns

AI technology is helping to create false stories about World War II atrocities including Holocaust denial, risking an "explosive spread of anti-Semitism", the UN warned Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?

Parkland

The Independent UK

The war between Russia and Ukraine is set to grind on as a peace conference packs little punch

Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II

The Independent UK

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The "psyop" war: How we got here

Journalist and sci-fi author on America's long history of psychological warfare — and a possible path to peace

Al Jazeera

Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane shot down by Soviets

Salvage team in Estonia says it located well-preserved parts and debris from the Junkers Ju 52 plane shot down in 1940.

The Independent UK

Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard

The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later

The Conversation

From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it

Humans have long been fascinated by organisms that can produce light. Aristotle, who was a scientist as well as a philosopher, wrote the first detailed descriptions of what he called “cold light” more than 2,000 years ago. More recently, pioneering researchers like World War II Army veteran Emmett Chappelle and…

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The Independent UK

US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels

The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II

Al Jazeera

Forcibly displaced population doubles to 120 million over the past 10 years

One in 69 people worldwide remains forcibly displaced by conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations.

The Conversation

How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual

The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States, adopted an official flag on June 14, 1777. The delegates resolved that “the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a…

Top News

President Biden Emphasizes Importance Of Defending Democracy During European Trip

President Biden and National Security Advisor Sullivan emphasize democracy and unity during the Europe trip, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Fortune

Remember, the U.S. doesn't have to pay off all its debt, and there's an easy way to fix it, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says

"Given the political will, we could resolve debt concerns quite easily."

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