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UN's Security Council selects 5 new members
Oped, Published on 15/06/2023
» In one of the more predictable rites of spring at the United Nations, the Security Council has elected, or actually selected, five new non-permanent members to serve on the powerful 15-member council. While this year's contest lacked some of the drama, debate and deliberation of the past, there were some positive outcomes to the current vote nonetheless.
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WWII Czech mate makes return
Life, Published on 12/05/2023
» Longines’ association with the military included designing a pilot’s watch for the Czechoslovak Air Force, who requested a rotating bezel with a moving luminous hour marker. The Swiss watchmaker further worked on a curved cushion-shaped case, whose unique design was registered on April 1, 1935.
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Dutch village calls off hunt for Nazi loot
Published on 02/05/2023
» THE HAGUE: A Dutch village that became the centre of a frenzy among treasure hunters seeking Nazi loot rumoured to be buried there said on Tuesday the search was over and nothing was found.
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WWII wreck on which nearly 1,000 Australians died found
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» SYDNEY - Deep-sea explorers said Saturday they had located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard.
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Tyranny's propagandists triumph
Oped, Published on 05/04/2023
» If democracy had its own doomsday clock, it would be at two minutes to midnight. According to the most recent analysis by Varieties of Democracy (known as V-Dem), 72% of the world's population lived in autocracies last year, compared to 50% a decade ago. For the first time in more than two decades, there are more authoritarian regimes than liberal democracies -- and we are not doing enough to address this threat.
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Charles III to remember WWII bombing victims in Hamburg
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» BERLIN: Britain's King Charles III will commemorate German victims of World War II Allied air raids on Friday, a gesture carrying great significance for both countries.
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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.
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Mixed appeal
News, Postbag, Published on 19/03/2023
» Re: "Chiang Mai property to soar," (Business, March 17).
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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.
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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.
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