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WWII veteran still active at 102
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (949+ words) River Garner spends time with his great-grandfather Harold Dougherty, who turned 102 on June 9. Sharp as a tack with a strong handshake, Grand Junction resident Harold Dougherty still remains very active and enjoys a special bond with great-grandson River Garner and…...
Poland and Israel mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in photos
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (224+ words) People take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. A man stands in front of…...
Las Colonias development still working on fulfilling vision
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1660+ words) The Riverfront Zip Adventures zipline at Las Colonias Park, no longer in operation on March 6, 2026. The front view of Oak Star Bank, which faces Riverside Parkway on March 6, 2026. On a sunny late-winter morning, the Las Colonias riverfront development is, surprisingly,…...
Rare Nazi Enigma machine sells for 482, 600 euros
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) The Enigma M4 rotor key machine as displayed by Christie's ahead of its sale An extremely rare and operational Nazi Enigma encryption machine, famously cracked by Allied codebreakers during World War II, has sold for nearly half a million euros in…...
Japan ex-PM Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies aged 101
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, pictured here in 2015, was the architect of a landmark Japanese apology for World War II crimes Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making'a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday…...
Missiles, drones, lasers: New weapons expected at Beijing military parade
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (691+ words) Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a vast parade on September 3 in Beijing Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan, which will be…...
WWII bombs explode as firefighters battle blaze
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (343+ words) Emergency services battle to contain a giant blaze which has been burning through Langdale Moor for three weeks. (Charley Aktins via SWNS) Firefighters tackling a massive blaze in the North Yorkshire moors have been hampered by exploding wartime bombs. Crews…...
Okinawa a reluctant host for US troops 80 years after WWII
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (851+ words) Takemasa Kinjo, who was a high school student when his mother was killed by a US Marine in 1974, holding a placard reading "Opposition to War" outside his residence in the Henoko area of Nago city A portrait (L) of Takemasa Kinjo's…...
Japan's emperor expresses 'deep remorse' 80 years after WWII
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (649+ words) Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow as they attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo A Shinto priest leads Japanese lawmakers during a visit to Yasukuni…...
AI-powered tour brings Anne Frank's story to life in Amsterdam
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (506+ words) Amsterdam, 1941. Every day, young Anne Frank and her sister Margot walked 2. 5 kilometres to school, as Nazi anti-Jewish laws barred them from using public transport or bicycles. In 2025, using Artificial Intelligence, a new immersive guided tour traces the route of this…...