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Multilateralism is still the best course of action

The great statesmanship and leadership that the United States showed during and after World War II is well known. America was the world's preeminent political, economic, and military power, and instead of using its position to penalise the losers and demand reparations, it helped plan and found multilateral global-governance institutions…

Bangkok Post

Research reveals a third of Brits didn’t know Churchill was prime minister during World War II

A study found 37 per cent of those surveyed have no idea when World War II took place

The Independent UK

A Conflict Between Liberal Democracy and Authoritarian Nationalism: Implications of the Ideological Stakes in the Russia-Ukraine War

The war is often described as a conflict between authoritarianism and liberal democracy. That reality has some underappreciated implications.

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Ukraine Leader Pledges Push for Victory on War Anniversary

Ukraine’s president pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians on Friday marked the somber first anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called “the longest day of our lives.” As morning broke on a day of commemorations and reflection, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a tone…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky vows victory as Ukraine marks one-year anniversary of invasion

Ukraine’s leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe's security. Read FRANCE 24's live blog below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

World War II revolver used to shoot Curtis Cheng

An unregistered revolver made in 1942 was used by extremist Muslim terrorists to shoot Curtis Cheng outside NSW police headquarters, a jury has been told.

AAP

'Oscar Wars' spotlights bias, blind spots and backstage battles in the Academy

From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultural conflict zone. Michael Schulman sifts through the controversies in a new book.

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Over a third of Brits don't know when World War II took place - or what started it

Nine in ten Brits say they are 'clueless' when it comes to the historic conflict - with a third not knowing Sir Winston Churchill was the wartime Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

People don't know who won WWII, what started it and who was UK PM

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Wales Online

Ukraine's unlikely wartime leader Zelenskyy instills hope

Western leaders feared for the life of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a year ago and the U.S. offered him an escape route as Russian forces bore down on Ukraine’s capital

The Independent UK

Ukraine's year of pain, death —and also nation-building

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is both grim and vexing as milestones go

The Independent UK

Key battles in the Ukraine war: From Kyiv’s stand to the Kharkiv counterattack

Russia expected it would quickly seize control of Ukraine at the outset of the invasion, as did many Western observers. But Ukraine fought back with remarkable tenacity and skill, boosted by Western weapons – and the front lines have shifted dramatically since Russian troops moved in on the northern, southern…

France 24

Asean sticks to peace agenda in Ukraine

This week marks the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The biggest war in Europe since World War II will continue as nobody knows when, or if ever, Russia or Ukraine will be defeated. Certainly, the US and Europe, or rather Nato are confident that more military hardware support…

Bangkok Post

The Persistence of Great-Power Politics

What the war in Ukraine has revealed about geopolitical rivalry.

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An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

Reason

The Militant Pacifists of World War II

War by Other Means tells the story of those conscientious objectors who did not cooperate with the government's alternative-service schemes.

France 24

Grief, anger and pride: how war upended the lives of Ukraine’s citizen soldiers

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic changes in the lives of most Ukrainians. Days before Moscow launched its attack, FRANCE 24’s Mehdi Chebil visited a training centre in Kharkiv where civilian reservists prepared for a war many still hoped to avoid. Twelve months later, he returned to the…

Foreign Affairs

Kyiv and Moscow Are Fighting Two Different Wars

What the war in Ukraine has revealed about contemporary conflict.

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On a sleepy tourist island in Japan's remote south-west, locals fear a dark period of history is repeating

After decades of peace, Japan is now confronting the possibility of a war with China. Some along a string of islands in the nation's southwest fear they're in the firing line.

Tribune News Service

Bradenton, the Pirates' Florida hub, has been defined by a century of baseball

When what was formerly known as Bradenton's City Park opened in 1923, Major League Baseball's commissioner at the time, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, arrived for pregame festivities on a biplane piloted by a Manatee County official.

Zenger

Grandfather Pursues His Passion In Aviation After Building A Fighter Aircraft From His Garden Shed

The Grandfather built am impressive fighter aircraft from scratch that took him two years after the start of the pandemic.

WEKU

Antisemitic text was projected onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

A display alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory was projected onto the former hiding place of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl whose diary notes the persecution her people faced during World War II.

The Independent UK

Huge blast after second World War bomb explodes unexpectedly in Norfolk

Norfolk police confirm ‘unplanned’ detonation of World War II bomb

Wales Online

World War II 'bomb' sends huge smoke plume into the sky after 'unplanned' detonation

A huge area of a seaside town was cordoned off for days after the bomb was discovered

Miami Herald

‘Living legends.’ Fla. man, 101, honored for service as a first Black US Marine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- George J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in the early to mid 1940s.

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