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Every Premier League club's all-time top scorer as Harry Kane breaks Tottenham record

Harry Kane has become Tottenham's record goalscorer, surpassing the legendary Jimmy Greaves, but some Premier League clubs have their scoring records still standing decades after being set

Daily Mirror

The U.S. Was Attacked By Balloons Before And Six People Died

A Sunday School picnic in Oregon ended in tragedy when a balloon-bomb exploded.

Zenger

World War II Marrinup prisoner of war camp stories unearthed by amateur historian over decades

A dedicated amateur historian has devoted years to finding and recording the stories of German and Italian prisoners of war held in a forest camp south of Perth during World War II.

ABC News

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Putin vows victory in Ukraine as he marks WWII Stalingrad triumph

President Vladimir Putin warned the U.S. and its allies they can’t defeat Russia, rallying domestic support for his invasion of Ukraine in a speech marking a key victory in World War II.

Tribune News Service

War of words marks 80th anniversary of Russian victory in Stalingrad

As Russian President Vladimir Putin attends World War II commemorations in southern Russia, on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in Stalingrad, Europe continues to support Ukraine in the war against Russian invaders.

Radio France Internationale

Putin commemorates Stalingrad battle, echoing Ukraine fight

Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi forces in the battle of Stalingrad

The Independent UK

Russians Mark Stalingrad Anniversary in Shadow of Ukraine Conflict

President Vladimir Putin is set to preside Thursday over commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest in World War II. The high-profile celebrations in the southern city of Volgograd come as the Kremlin is drumming up support for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine should start EU entry talks 'this year', Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday his war-torn country deserved to start EU accession talks already "this year". Follow our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.. All times are in Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

Celebrating human rights in 2023

This year is a time to remember and reiterate two key instruments which have shaped responses to human rights implementation since the end of World War II in 1945. It was the task of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), based on a Resolution of the UN General Assembly…

Bangkok Post

A Black history primer on African Americans' fight for equality – 5 essential reads

As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to legitimize the study of African American history and culture.

The Conversation

On the hunt for hidden Hunter aircraft wreckage

It's strange how many aircraft remnants are just hanging around.

Newcastle Herald

Holocaust Memorial Day commemorated amid horrors of Russia-Ukraine war

Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners commemorated the 78th anniversary Friday of the Nazi German death camp's liberation, some expressing horror that war has again shattered peace in Europe and the lesson of Never Again is being forgotten.

France 24

UN chief: Exhibit of Nazi victims is call to fight cruelty

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Nazis tried to rob millions of Jews of their names before killing them during World War II

The Independent UK

The Holocaust: remembering the powerful acts of 'ordinary people'

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the British author LP Hartley once wrote, hinting at the mystique of history – the idea that people in the past were somehow different to us in the 21st century.

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The Independent UK

Spanish museum returns 2 paintings looted by Nazis to Poland

A museum in northwest Spain has returned two 15th-century paintings to Polish officials after it was determined that they were looted by the forces of Nazi Germany during World War II

Reuters

Almost a quarter of young Dutch deny Holocaust or think it's exaggerated-survey

Nearly a quarter of Dutch people born after 1980 believe the Holocaust was a myth or that the number of its victims was greatly exaggerated, a survey published on Wednesday showed.

The Independent UK

Kishida prioritizes arms buildup, reversing low birthrate

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan faces the severest security environment in the region since the end of World War II and pledged to push a military buildup under a newly adopted security strategy as well as tackle rapidly declining births

Bangkok Post

NATO alliance still strong on Ukraine but fractures are emerging

WASHINGTON: The billions of United States dollars in new arms for Ukraine announced this month — including British tanks, American fighting vehicles, and howitzers from Denmark and Sweden — are testament to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to split the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies after nearly a year…

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Foreign Affairs

The Vexing Rise of the Transnational Right

Lessons from interwar Europe.

Reuters

Germany's new defence minister faces pressure on tanks, army upgrade

There will be no grace period for Germany's new defence minister who takes office as pressure is piling on Berlin to send battle tanks to Ukraine and to upgrade its dilapidated armed forces in the face of Europe's biggest conflict since World War II.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film legend, dies at age 95

“Lollo,” as she was lovingly nicknamed by Italians, began making movies in Italy just after the end of World War II.

Chicago Sun-Times

Myron ‘Mike’ Eberle, who never stopped marveling that he survived the Battle of the Bulge, dead at 99

Mr. Eberle dodged death at least three times during World War II. Once, he took cover from mortar and machine gun fire under a cow.

Al Jazeera

South Korea mulls compensating forced labourers via a public fund

Some victims of forced labour under the Japanese during World War II denounced the plan as ‘humiliating’.

Al Jazeera

Russia using old Ukrainian weapons sent in goodwill on front line

During a disarmament campaign after fall of Soviet Union, Moscow received weapons as payment for Kyiv’s gas debts.

AAP

China's blunt words to Australia and Japan

Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian says Japan's failure to apologise for its conduct during World War II means it could again go to war with Australia in the future.

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