Hiroshima

On May 8, 1945 — 75 years ago — the Allies formally announced its acceptance of Germany’s unconditional surrender. It was Victory in Europe Day — or VE Day. Since June 6, 1944, Nazi-occupied Europe had faced the Red Army juggernaut coming from the Soviet Union as well as the…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier noted with sadness that due to the pandemic, commemorations are especially subdued this year. He also called on people to reject the temptations of "new nationalism" and isolationism. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday came together – 1.5 meters apart – to mark a…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier noted with sadness that due to the pandemic, commemorations are especially subdued this year. He also called on people to reject the temptations of "new nationalism" and isolationism. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday came together – 1.5 meters apart – to mark a…

Is the view of World War II and V-E Day skewed? That's what British historian James Holland thinks and calls for a realignment of the way we look at those events. DW: How would you define the UK's role leading up to the latter stages of the war? James Holland:…

On 8 May, 1945, amid the rubble of Berlin, news from London that the war was over filtered through on the radio. Red Army soldiers hunted for alcohol, female soldiers washed their clothes – an almighty party was being planned.But one woman did not celebrate that day. Elena Rzhevskaya, a…

Key point: These bombers were able to drop a lot of weapons on Japanese cities. They were devastating and changed the course of the war. As the Japanese delegation stood on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, preparing to sign the documents that ended World War…

This week I saw yet another headline ‘Skynet is near – Google scientists create Artificial Intelligence that evolves on its own” intimating that some sort of humanity destroying AI system is not only an inevitability but on the cusp of reality.  Icons such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have…

A secret group of the nation's top scientists funded by a group of billionaires say they believe they have the answer to combatting the coronavirus pandemic and intend to make their proposals known to the White House. The group consisting of a dozen doctors is led by 33-year-old Dr. Thomas Cahill…

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Fracture by Andrés Neuman. Macmillan Andrés Neuman’s new novel, Fracture, spans more than six decades, five time zones, and four love affairs. It’s one of the most ambitious books I’ve read recently; the writer tackles issues of gender, love, environmentalism, translation, and international relations in just under 350 pages. The…