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Merz rejects blame as AfD routs CDU in Saxony-Anhalt election
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (575+ words) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament election, in which the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won by a landslide, "the most serious defeat in decades," but drew a line at calls to hold him…...
Local war heroes to be honored
27+ min ago (203+ words) Bedford Gazette The headstone of James Burns, Revolutionary War Soldier, is seen at the Old Log Church cemetery in Schellsburg. Burns is one of eight soldiers from that war that is buried on the grounds. The Old Log Church in…...
LI woman shares father's Holocaust diary, 'A Jew in the Woods"
25+ min ago (394+ words) Berl and Raja Ilman Kagan in Lithuania before the war. Credit: Miriam Kagan Lieber People who have known Miriam Lieber as a neighbor in the town of Oceanside, or through her longtime directorship of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County,…...
Navy Day being observed today to pay tribute to heroes of 1965 War
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (126+ words) RADIO PAKISTAN Pakistan Navy Day is being observed today to pay homage to the heroes of the 1965 war who fought against a much bigger adversary with absolute courage and sacrificed their lives to defend the motherland. This day commemorates the…...
Chinese theater, promoter fined for altered patriotic song in comedy | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (400+ words) September 8, 2026 at 11:30 JST BANGKOK—Authorities fined two companies and said that one of China’s best-known comedians had caused a “negative impact” on society, after an audience reported him for changing the lyrics of a patriotic song during a performance. The…...
EU Leaders Condemn Mladić Funeral, Warn Serbia - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
45+ min ago (765+ words) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa have condemned the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, calling images from the ceremony “shocking” and warning that the event conflicts with the values…...
Today in History: September 8, Wells Fargo fined $185 million in unauthorized accounts scandal
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (364+ words) Today is Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2026. There are 114 days left in the year. On Sept. 8, 2016, California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in…...
Türkiye condemns glorification at Mladic funeral - Türkiye News
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (463+ words) Türkiye on Sept. 8 condemned attempts to glorify convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic at his funeral in Belgrade, warning that they deepened the suffering of victims and damaged reconciliation efforts in the Balkans. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü Keçeli said…...
The Day Italy Changed Sides: What Really Happened on 8 September 1943
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (705+ words) In the space of a single evening, Italy had changed sides in the deadliest war in human history. What followed was not peace. It was chaos. The secrecy was deliberate. Italy had requested a last-minute postponement from US President Franklin…...
EU institution leaders blast Serbia over 'shocking' Mladić's funeral
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (496+ words) The heads of the EU's two main institutions have condemned the presence of senior Serbian officials at the funeral of the convicted war criminal, in a joint statement published simultaneously on X on Tuesday morning. "The images from Ratko Mladić's…...