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Sino-Russia ties: A Thai perspective
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/03/2023
» Watching Sino-Russia relations from Beijing gives off a different feeling altogether.
Out of the shadows: women in the French Resistance
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» PARIS - For decades after the end of World War II, the thousands of women who took part in France's resistance against Nazi German occupation in WWII rarely got a mention in the history books.
Putin draws parallels between WWII and Ukraine conflict
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin leveraged a World War II commemoration on Thursday to whip up support for his army's intervention in Ukraine, comparing the fighting to Nazi Germany's invasion and hinting Moscow could use nuclear weapons.
Russia evokes WWII to blast EU
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KYIV: Russia accused the West of wanting to inflict a lasting defeat against Moscow and lashed out against EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Kyiv ahead of a Ukraine summit.
Rare photos from WWII Jewish ghetto shown in Warsaw
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» WARSAW - Never-before-seen photos of the Warsaw Ghetto -- from a roll of film shot by a Polish firefighter under the noses of the occupying Germans -- were unveiled to journalists Wednesday.
Secret beeline: French son of WWII German soldier uncovers hidden origins
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» SAINT-PIERRE-D’OLéRON (FRANCE) - The best Christmas present Thierry Soudan ever received was a candle made from beeswax "from my father's hives" -- a father the Frenchman never met.
German inflation drops on gas bill subsidy
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY): German inflation eased in December for a second straight month, preliminary data showed Tuesday, as government interventions helped bring down energy prices.
Nuan is the cat's whiskers at Apec
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/11/2022
» The most important news emerging from the Apec summit in Bangkok is that it looks like Downing Street's Larry the Cat has finally got some competition in the ranks of feline celebrities. Catching the eye in the Big Mango this week has been Nuan -- a lady cat who has been adopted as the unofficial mascot for the Apec meet.
WWII munitions hinder Nord Stream probe
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» COPENHAGEN: Investigations into the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe are "progressing well", despite World War II munitions on the seabed, Denmark said Thursday.
Tea money query
News, Postbag, Published on 11/09/2022
» Re: "Chadchart offers his anti-graft recipe," (BP, Sept 7).