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Bou Meng, Khmer Rouge survivor and artist, dies at 85
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (584+ words) Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center in the Southeast Asian country in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85. His ability to paint portraits of the then-leader Pol…...
20 Once-Famous Flags That Were Outlawed by Their Own Nations
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (1146+ words) The red, white, and black Nazi flag became Germany’s official national flag in 1935. After Nazi Germany collapsed in 1945, Allied authorities outlawed Nazi organizations and symbols. Modern Germany continues to restrict public use of Nazi imagery, including the swastika flag, with…...
Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (601+ words) Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious…...
Wyoming POW On Sunken Japanese 'Hell Ship' May Be Close To Coming Home After 82 Years
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (1796+ words) For 82 years, Lt. Col. John Clarke Goldtrap of Casper has been in a watery grave as a POW on the sunken wreck of the brutal Japanese “hell ship” Oryoku Maru. Now his remains may finally be ID'd and brought home....
Landslides pile on the misery in Jajarkot settlements
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (764+ words) Kedar Karki, a resident from Jajarkot, one of the remotest areas in western Nepal, survived the devastating 6.4 magnitude earthquake three years ago. Following the earthquake, Karki’s family of seven spent nearly two years inside a flimsy temporary shelter. A month…...
Time zone switch debate resurfaces online
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (449+ words) An online debate has resurfaced on whether Taiwan should switch to the same time zone as Japan, with supporters citing its geographic location and saying that China would have no right to object. The debate erupted on Threads when users…...
Holy cow! History — The World War II hero nobody believed - Daily Independent
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (775+ words) OPINION — The U-boat skipper peered through his periscope and smiled. It looked like such an easy target. And indeed, it was. Yet going after it sealed his doom while also setting in motion a series of events that made another…...
Yasukuni Shrine: Honoring War Dead or Glorifying Japan’s Wartime Past?
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (545+ words) Kathmandu— Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a revered site for many Japanese citizens, commemorating approximately 2.5 million soldiers and civilians killed in World War II; however, the shrine also honors individuals convicted as war criminals, making it a deeply contentious symbol…...
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (1665+ words) Hurricane Lala has weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm after passing south of Hawaii, but meteorologists warned that hurricane-force gusts could still batter the islands with flash flooding and punishing winds. On Saturday, the US National Hurricane…...
Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85 - myMotherLode.com
13+ hour, 51+ min ago (554+ words) Published Aug 16, 2026 6:05 am His ability to paint portraits of the then-leader Pol Pot was why he was kept alive. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a U.N.-backed tribunal that sought to try Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and…...