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Discovery of WWII wreck reveals story of "hell ship" used to transport POWs | CNN
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1230+ words) A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on September 21, 1944, with around 1, 200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. US warplanes, mistaking the unmarked ship for a military cargo vessel, dropped four…...
Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who moved back to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101 | CNN
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (370+ words) Albrecht Weinberg, who survived several Nazi concentration and death camps and lost most of his family in the Holocaust before returning to Germany in his 80s, has died at the age of 101, authorities in his home region said Tuesday. Weinberg died…...
DNA reveals identities of 4 sailors from doomed 1845 Franklin expedition | CNN
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1357+ words) Researchers have identified the remains of four members of a doomed 19th century expedition in the Arctic by matching DNA to the sailors" living descendants " and solved a case of mistaken identity along the way. The four sailors were part of…...
Russia holds scaled-down Victory Day parade as temporary ceasefire takes effect | CNN
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun presiding over a pared-back Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square, after a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took effect. Russia's annual May 9 parade commemorates the Soviet Union's victory over Germany in World…...
Russia declares unilateral Victory Day ceasefire; Zelensky responds with his own | CNN
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (82+ words) Russia declares unilateral Victory Day ceasefire; Zelensky responds with his own'CNN Russia declares unilateral Victory Day ceasefire; Zelensky responds with his own Russia's Defense Ministry announced a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, effective May 8-9, to mark Moscow's annual Victory…...
The paradise island haunted by one of the bloodiest battles of World War II | CNN
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1035+ words) The island is lush, myriad shades of green made deeper by the effects of the morning's rainfall. Just offshore, snorkelers float over beds of unbleached corals. Walking off the small wooden boat dock, visitors pass clumps of ficus trees and…...
Divers find wreck of US" largest naval loss of World War I | CNN
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (588+ words) The German submarine captain saw his target's silhouette against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the command to fire a single torpedo. It was the last anyone would see of the US Coast Guard Cutter…...
For survivors of Japanese American prison camps, Trump's deportation campaign has disturbing echoes | CNN
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (1686+ words) John Tateishi was just under three years old when he was sent to prison. He was never arrested or charged with a crime. But like over 120, 000 other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans, he and his family were rounded up and…...
Why we sing "Auld Lang Syne" on New Year"s Eve - CNN
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (263+ words) Scottish poet Michael Pedersen explains how the 200-year-old song "Auld Lang Syne" became a global ritual of reunion, friendship and shared memory sung by millions at the stroke of midnight. CNN's Max Foster reports. Denmark's national postal service, Post Nord,…...
The strange history of the abridged version of "It's a Wonderful Life' that cuts out the movie's pivotal scene
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (27+ words) It's a Wonderful Life" is loosely based on the 1943 short story The Greatest Gift," written by Philip Van Doren Stern. You can cancel anytime....