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Trump says China should have mentioned U.S. aid in WW2 during ‘beautiful ceremony’

September 4, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China’s “beautiful ceremony” marking the end of World War Two should have highlighted the role that the U.S. played in Japan’s defeat. “I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it…

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How FBI Tracked Down Rare Monet Painting Stolen By Nazis 80 Years Ago

October 11, 2024 admin

“The emotions tied to reclaiming something taken so brutally can’t be measured in dollars—it’s priceless,” said James Dennehy, assistant director in charge of the FBI in New York City, after the organisation helped bring back Nazi-looted Monet painting after 80 years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Art Crime Team, the New York and New…

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French Lake Still Riddled With Bombs 80 Years After World War II

September 24, 2024 admin

The apparently pristine Gerardmer lake in the Vosges mountains of eastern France conceals a bleak legacy of 20th-century conflict — dozens of tonnes of unexploded ordnance from the two world wars. The lake 660 metres (2,170 feet) above sea level is a popular summer bathing spot and is sometimes also tapped for drinking water for…

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French Women Speak Out On Rapes By US Soldiers During World War II

May 8, 2024 admin

Jeannine Plassard’s mother Catherine was raped and her father murdered. Plabennec, France: Aimee Dupre had always kept silent about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers after the Normandy landings in June 1944. But 80 years after the brutal assault, she finally felt it was time to speak out. Nearly a million US,…

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French Women Speak Out On Rapes By US Soldiers During World War II

May 6, 2024 admin

The rapists of Catherine Tournellec, were hanged publicly in French villages. Washington: Aimee Dupre had always kept silent about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers after the Normandy landings in June 1944. But 80 years after the brutal assault, she finally felt it was time to speak out. Nearly a million US,…

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