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A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest

6 septembre 2025 à 18:40
The remains of people killed and left in mass graves in the waning days of the war are being given dignified burials.

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A priest conducting a mass burial ceremony of people killed during World War II in the now-abandoned, formerly ethnic Polish village of Puzhnyky, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

5 septembre 2025 à 20:36
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”

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“The Department of War sends a signal,” President Trump said on Friday. The change, he added, was a “much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.”

Edgar Feuchtwanger, Who Wrote About Being Hitler’s Neighbor, Dies at 100

4 septembre 2025 à 23:52
He and his Jewish family lived across the street from the German leader in the 1930s. He became a professor and historian in Britain.

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Edgar Feuchtwanger in 2016. A British historian, he wrote a book late in life about growing up in Munich across the street from Adolf Hitler.

Argentine Authorities Charge Couple With Hiding Nazi-Looted Painting

4 septembre 2025 à 15:26
“Portrait of a Lady,” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, had not been seen publicly for 80 years until journalists spotted it in a real estate listing last month.

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“Portrait of a Lady,” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, was stolen from a Jewish art dealer in the Netherlands during World War II.

Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, as Russian President Bonds With China’s Leader

3 septembre 2025 à 18:35
President Trump’s extraordinary summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month has yet to yield any concrete results on the war in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of Poland Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, as Russian President Bonds With China’s Leader

3 septembre 2025 à 18:35
President Trump’s extraordinary summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month has yet to yield any concrete results on the war in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of Poland Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday.

Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing

2 septembre 2025 à 07:24
The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Tuesday.

Xi’s Parade to Showcase China’s Military Might and Circle of Autocrats

1 septembre 2025 à 22:23
China will mark Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade of missiles, soldiers and leaders like Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Vladimir Putin of Russia.

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Security in Beijing is tight, including around Tiananmen Square, ahead of a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II.

China Rekindles Wartime Fury, Stirring Fears of Anti-Japan Hate

30 août 2025 à 08:12
A series of World War II dramas about China’s fight against Japan is drawing audiences to their feet, and, in some cases, to tears. Some say it helps deflect public discontent.

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Posters for the films “Dead to Rights,” left, and “Dongji Rescue,” second left, at a cinema in Shanghai this month.

Looted by Nazis, a 17th-Century Painting Resurfaces. But Not for Long.

28 août 2025 à 12:22
The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina.

Austria’s Hills Are Still Alive, 60 Years Later

28 août 2025 à 00:01
In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’s eyes, even if the locals are gazing elsewhere.

Actors from the Salzburg State Theater performing scenes from “The Sound of Music” during a tour of Schloss Leopoldskron in Austria.

Singer Marko Perkovic’s Fascist-Era Salute Evokes a Bloody Time in Croatia

24 août 2025 à 10:17
There’s a new generation of fans for the singer known as Thompson, who uses the salute and nationalist rhetoric to cast himself as a guardian of Croatian heritage.

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Thompson, the stage name of Marko Perkovic, performing this month in Sinj, Croatia.
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