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Austria turns Hitler’s home into a police station
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (558+ words) BRAUNAU AM INN (AFP) : Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed emotions in his Austrian hometown. "It's a double-edged sword," said Sibylle Treiblmaier, outside the house in the town of Braunau am…...
Japan A-bomb survivor groups protest Trump nuclear test order
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (472+ words) TOKYO (AFP): A Japanese atomic bomb survivors group that won the Nobel Peace Prize has strongly criticized US President Donald Trump's surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing, calling it "utterly unacceptable." More than 200,000 people were killed when the United…...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (639+ words) Murayama died at a hospital in his hometown Oita, southwestern Japan, according to a statement by Mizuho Fukushima, the head of Japan's Social Democratic Party. As head of what was then known as the Japan Socialist Party, Murayama led a…...
US says China spreads ‘false’ World War Two narratives to pressure Taiwan
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (459+ words) TAIPEI (Reuters): China is intentionally mischaracterising World War Two-era documents to put pressure on and isolate Taiwan given those agreements made no determination of the island's ultimate political status, the de facto US embassy in Taipei said. The 80th anniversary of…...
China’s parade of arms sends strong message
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) For all the operational questions that surround some of these new elements, China was sending a message of technological advance and military strength on all fronts " there is a indeed a lot for rival defence planners to get their heads…...
Taiwan criticizes strongmen cults as China holds military parade
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan President Lai Ching-te criticized strongmen personality cults and secret police networks on Wednesday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the leaders of Russia and North Korea at a military parade marking the end of World War Two....
Taiwan, China battle it out in competing World War Two narratives
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1088+ words) TAIPEI (Reuters) : Veteran Pan Cheng-fa says he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War Two, but gets agitated when asked about the role of communist forces who at the time were in an uneasy alliance with…...
Taiwan tells its people to spurn China’s ‘distorted’ war anniversary events
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (376+ words) TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan's people should spurn China's events to commemorate the end of World War Two, including a military parade in Beijing, given Chinese "distortion" of history and threats against the island, Taipei's top China-policy maker said on Friday. China,…...
Pope Leo criticizes nuclear deterrence on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) VATICAN CITY (Reuters): Pope Leo on Wednesday criticized the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end…...
Russian navy parade canceled for ‘security reasons’
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) MOSCOW (AFP) : Russia said on Sunday a major annual navy parade had been canceled for "security reasons," without specifying the threat or concern. "It has to do with the general situation. Security reasons are of utmost importance," said Kremlin spokesman…...