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The Latest Breaking News from World War II

The Theoretical Lethality Index is useful for military history but not for gun control policy

Professors Miller and Tucker miss the mark, while Saul Cornell disdains accuracy

Reason

POW Requiem premieres in Canberra to honour Australian World War II prisoners

The POW Requiem, featuring 24 movements, was performed over the weekend for the first time, in honour of Australia's thousands of World War II prisoners.

ABC News

Thousands commemorate Italy's fascist dictator at crypt

Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of Benito Mussolini as they marched to the slain Italian dictator’s crypt Sunday, 100 years after Mussolini entered Rome and completed a bloodless coup that gave rise to two decades of fascist rule

The Independent UK

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How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present

Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover Russian abuses in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Australian women cricketers brought back hope, rivalry in Test against England during Great Depression

When a group of women from all walks of life were asked to play in the inaugural Test cricket series against England in the summer of 1934, they brought hope of mending the fractured sporting relationship.

ABC News

In the grips of war, Ukraine faces bleak demographic future

The refugee crisis is exacerbating Ukraine’s irreversible demographic decline, which began in the Soviet era.

Al Jazeera

Putin: Russia Battling 'Western Domination' as Ukraine War Grinds On

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the war in Ukraine was part of Russia's wider struggle against Western domination, and warned that the world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II. The Russian leader showed no sign of backpedaling on the eight-month-old invasion…

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The Loop: Elon Musk fires Twitter bosses after takeover, new charges for man accused of killing Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey, and a study on nose-picking and dementia

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‘New York, New York’ heading to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda writing new lyrics

NEW YORK — Start spreading the news — ”New York, New York” is coming to Broadway.

Tribune News Service

King Street, South Shields, and the town's Market Place - when past meets present

The pre-World War II scene of South Shields' bustling King Street in the 1930s is merged with the modern-day Market Place to create one striking image

Chronicle Live

Poland says book given to pope by Macron wasn't WWII plunder

Poland’s culture minister has rejected speculation that a rare book given to Pope Francis by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week might have been looted from Poland during World War II

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

Ukraine’s presidential office says at least seven civilians have been killed and three others wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Japan steps up push to get public buy-in to digital IDs

Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign on or possibly lose access to their public health insurance

The Independent UK

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WEKU

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as Italian premier

Giorgia Meloni was sworn in on Saturday as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II. She is also the first woman to be premier.

Tribune News Service

Meloni gets mandate to become Italy's first female premier

ROME — Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister, heading its most right-wing government since World War II after President Sergio Mattarella tasked her to form an administration.

ABC News

Brisbane's Cairncross naval graving dry dock target of campaign to save city heritage

Brisbane residents are making an 11th hour bid to have an historic dry dock added to the council's heritage register before one of the state's biggest construction companies fills in the site.

Glasgow Live

The amazing Glasgow crime tale of notorious safecracker Johnny 'Gentle' Ramensky

He was once regarded as the best safecracker in the world and held the record for escaping from one of Scotland's toughest jails.

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Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: Expert on Nazi shipwreck chemical leak

A professor of risk and disaster reduction from University College London has told Tech & Science Daily we should be concerned about shipwrecks, munition and even nuclear waste that was dumped in our seas and oceans after World War II.

The Conversation

Why so many people have moved to Florida – and into harm's way

Hurricane Ian barreled ashore with winds of up to 150 mph (240 kph) on Florida’s southwest coast on Sept. 28, 2022.

WEKU

The GI Bill left behind Black World War II vets. Now there's a move to fix that

Black vets fought overseas but returned home to segregation — which made it harder for them to benefit from the GI Bill. Some in Congress hope to remedy that injustice.

Roll Call

As China threatens Taiwan, Okinawa braces for war - Roll Call

Worries abound in Okinawa about being dragged into a conflict with China, given the massive U.S. military footprint there.

WEKU

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.

The Independent UK

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II

The Independent UK

With far-right leaders, Italy remembers WWII roundup of Jews

Italy’s new right-wing political leadership has marked the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome’s Jews with calls for such a horror to never occur again

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