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They were heroes who fought the Nazis and fled Russian tyranny. Their graves now lie desecrated - we won't forget them

They helped secure the freedoms we all enjoy today - but their stories of courage, loss and sacrifice mean nothing to the vandals who attack their final resting place

Manchester Evening News

Netflix hit Stranger Things slammed for using Nazi prison and brutal asylum in new series

Netflix has used sites of past atrocities as locations or inspiration for its nostalgic hit show Stranger Things — including a plan to let fans book a themed cell in a former holocaust prison on Airbnb.

ABC News

Inside quarantine island home to Typhoid Mary where people are banned from visiting

It is illegal for people to visit North Brother Island without permission from New York City's authorities due to its ruinous state - but it remains a designated bird sanctuary

Daily Mirror

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Ex-Japan leader Abe assassinated in shooting that shocks nation

TOKYO — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — Japan’s longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence — died after being shot at a campaign event Friday in an attack that shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare.

Tribune News Service

A Brief History Of The Dnepr MT-11 Sidecar Motorbike

Dnepr's origins came from building bikes during World War II, and the Ukrainian company shares a common ancestor with Ural in the short-lived BMW R71.

RideApart

Ex-Japan leader Abe assassinated in shooting that shocks nation

Tribune News Service

Japan mourns ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe

The body of Japan’s assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe is on its way to Tokyo, as mourners pay their respects at the scene of his shooting in Nara.

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Amid conflict, Latvia leads Baltics in felling Soviet memorials

Momentum to remove Soviet monuments gathers pace during Russia’s war on Ukraine, but issue remains divisive.

Al Jazeera

Ex-Japan leader Abe assassinated in shooting that shocks nation

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — Japan’s longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence — died after being shot at a campaign event Friday in an attack that shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare.

Tribune News Service

Shinzo Abe, divisive, powerful former Japan PM, assassinated

Shinzo Abe, a divisive archconservative who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a campaign speech

The Independent UK

Ex-Japan leader Abe assassinated in shooting at campaign rally

Tribune News Service

Mars bar celebrates 90th birthday - and releases archive photos from last nine decades

The chocolate bar was created in Slough in 1932 - and over 30 billion Mars bars have been sold since then, even during World War II

Daily Mirror

The Quest for a Libertarian Island Paradise

Raymond B. Craib's new book recounts how Michael Oliver repeatedly tried to create a new country with a government funded entirely by voluntary contributions.

Reason

Decades after WWII, Chinese-American vet gets Congressional Gold Medal for his Army service

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — More than 75 years after his service in World War II, a 98-year-old Chinese-American veteran in Deerfield Beach received a Congressional Gold Medal to honor his service to the United States.

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Bangkok Post

Food as rebellion

'Eating food is our right. If our tongues aren't made of free will, it will be difficult to establish democracy. If we aren't allowed to eat our favourite food, how can we have desired politics?" said Asst Prof Chatichai Muksong, lecturer in history at Srinakharinwirot University, who has studied the…

The Independent UK

Germany: 101-year-old appeals conviction in Nazi guard case

A German court says that a 101-year-old man who was convicted last week as an accessory to murder for serving as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has appealed

ABC News

Mount Isa's World War II underground hospital, air raid shelter celebrates 80-year anniversary

The bombing of Darwin triggered the construction of Australia's only underground hospital, and 80 years on the heritage-listed landmark has become a symbol of coming together during crisis and chaos.

The Independent UK

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona

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The Independent UK

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona

WEKU

Woody Williams, the last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98

As a young Marine corporal, Williams went ahead of his unit during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean in February 1945 and eliminated a series of Japanese machine gun positions.

The Conversation

Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works

Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace talks, and Western countries’ issuing severe economic sanctions against Russia.

Tribune News Service

5 new summer reads for those sunny days

It's summer, and here with it are all the pleasures of reading outside. Consuming a good book out in the world binds you closer to it: I can still remember the exact feel, smell and location of the grassy hill where I finished "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" during…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: A notebook with family recipes reminds me of Ukraine’s strength

“Sew the necks up on one side. Mix flour, fried onions and chicken fat and stuff the necks.”

The Independent UK

Live updates | NATO chief: alliance in 'biggest challenge'

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance faces its “biggest challenge” since World War II amid the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

NATO chief: alliances faces biggest challenge since WWII

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance faces its biggest challenge since World War II amid the war in Ukraine

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