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11 Feb 2023

World War-II bomb find in Britain, explosion felt up to 24KM

A World War 2-era bomb was found in a residential area of Exeter city near London, the capital of Britain. A video of the explosion of this bomb is also becoming increasingly viral.

11 Feb 2023

World War 2-era bomb find in a residential area of Exeter city near London

A World War 2-era bomb was found in a residential area of Exeter city near London, the capital of Britain. A video of the explosion of this bomb is also becoming increasingly viral.

13 Oct 2020

Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused

The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded underwater on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. It weighed nearly 5,400 kg, including 2,400 kg of explosive. More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie.

03 Aug 2020

In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament

Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 1945. Tanaka knew instantly when his surroundings turned a blinding bright white that the massive boom was not one of the air raids. "I felt this was something terrible, so I ran downstairs and ducked, covered my ears and closed my eyes," Tanaka, now 88, told Reuters.

France President

19 Jun 2018

Address me as Mr President: Emmanuel Macron schools teen for calling him 'Manu

It`s not the first time Macron has been captured on camera giving lessons to those who challenge or disrespect him.

01 Sep 2017

British WWII bomb in Frankfurt could flatten a city block

The HC 4000 bomb is assumed to have been dropped by Britain`s Royal Air Force during the 1939-45 war.

15 Jul 2017

Honolulu high-rise blaze kills three, injures five

In London, at least 80 people were killed when a fire gutted the 24-story Grenfell Tower apartments on June 14.

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito

13 Jun 2017

Japan crown prince says will devote himself "body and soul" to job as emperor

Emperor Akihito, 83, who has had heart surgery and treatment for prostate cancer, said in rare public remarks last year he feared age might make it hard for him to continue to fulfill his duties.

05 Dec 2016

Shinzo Abe to become first Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese PM will visit Pearl Harbor this month with US President Barack Obama.

23 Nov 2016

South Korea, Japan agree intelligence-sharing on North Korea threat

South Korea and Japan signed a military intelligence pact on Wednesday to share sensitive information on the threat posed by North Korea`s missile and nuclear activities, the South`s Defence Ministry said.

22 Aug 2016

Japan's first lady makes first visit to Pearl Harbor

A visit by Abe would mark the first time an incumbent Japanese prime minister had gone to the Pearl Harbor memorial.

29 Jul 2016

Pope visits Auschwitz, says same horrors happening today

Pope Francis made an emotional and silent visit to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz on Friday and later said many of the horrors committed are happening in places at war today.

Liberal magazine

19 Jul 2016

Liberal Chinese magazine shuts amid forced management reshuffle

A leading liberal magazine in China has halted publication after a sudden forced reshuffle of its leadership.

Poland`s justice minister

10 Jan 2016

Polish minister dismisses 'silly' EU criticism, cites Nazis

Poland`s justice minister dismissed an EU commissioner`s criticism of new media regulations as "silly" in a confrontational letter that marked a low in the new government`s relations with the bloc and the commissioner`s home Germany.

07 Dec 2015

Pearl Harbor ceremony unites former US and Japanese pilots

Today is the 74th anniversary of the attack, which took 2,403 lives and drew the United States into World War Two.

23 Oct 2015

Bastian Schweinsteiger to sue Chinese toy firm over Nazi doll

A Chinese company manufactured a doll bearing the midfielder's resemblance and dressed in Nazi military uniforms.

25 Sep 2015

Russian border guards laugh as Syrian wobbles his bike to asylum

Russian border guards broke out laughing when Syrian refugee Wassem Khatib wobbled on a child`s bicycle towards a remote Arctic frontier post - struggling with a guitar, a rucksack and a heavy suitcase - to seek asylum in neighbouring Norway.

20 Sep 2015

Refugee crisis to test EU itself at summit of divided leaders

Bitterly divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the worst migration crisis affecting the continent since World War Two, which has tarnished its image as a beacon of peace, at an emergency summit next week.

22 Mar 2015

How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank

Historians may record March 2015 as the moment when China`s chequebook diplomacy came of age, giving the world`s number two economy a greater role in shaping global economic governance at the expense of the United States and the international financial institutions it has dominated since World War Two.

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