1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (402+ words) The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalized on Thursday. Bubbly soap and graffiti disfigured the memorial, which was closed while workers began the process of removing the graffiti, according to Reuters. “Clean hands Dirty $” was painted in red…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (64+ words) news.cgtn.com Why WWII Stories still captivate Chinese youth On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Eighty-one years later, at the September 18 Incident History Museum in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, young Chinese are finding their own ways to…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (322+ words) Published 16 Aug.2026 19:51(KST) On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of Japan's defeat, China has released additional records related to the Nanjing Massacre. Japanese soldiers entering Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 training prisoners in bayonet fighting and engaging in…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (468+ words) ▲ A memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre in China Marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's defeat, China has additionally released historical records related to the Nanjing Massacre. State-run Xinhua News Agency reported today that the Memorial Hall of the Victims in…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (864+ words) There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics. Thus posited Mark Twain, who attributed the origin of that scathing observation to 19th-century Jewish British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The saying suggests that attempting to encapsulate some event or…...

20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (291+ words) by Redacción | August 15, 2026 The State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau commemorated this August 14 the 85th anniversary of the death of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Conventual Franciscan who offered his life in exchange for that of another prisoner in the German Nazi concentration…...

19+ hour, 24+ min ago   (204+ words) Atler wrote the beloved automotive column for Makor Rishon newspaper for nearly two decades, becoming one of Israel's most recognized voices on cars Edward Atler, the automotive columnist for Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon, died Friday in Tel Aviv at the…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (302+ words) JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Four World War II veterans are celebrating milestone birthdays this year, and Wilmore leaders are asking the community to help honor them with birthday cards. Thomson-Hood Veterans Center and Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater are collecting…...

20+ hour, 23+ min ago   (237+ words) The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners honored longtime Santa Rosa County resident Vincent Therrien, a World War II veteran, in honor of his 100th birthday next month. According to a proclamation read by Commissioner Rhett Rowell, Therrien was born…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (191+ words) A World War Two flying ace who took part in the Battle of Britain has been honoured with a blue plaque in his home city. Sunderland-born Wing Commander Joseph Robert 'Joe' Kayll was a renowned fighter pilot and one of…...