Hiroshima

Protestors take part in a demonstration against white supremacists at Lafayette Square, near the White House, in Washington, DC. PHOTO: AFP An employee working for the Domaine Lafage drops off Muscat of Alexandria grapes in a trailer during the second day of…

August 6 usually doesnt make headlines in America. But mark the day by what absence demonstrates: On the 72nd anniversary of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and some 140,000 non-combatants, there is no call for reflection in the United States. In an era…

I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent treadI knock and yet remain unseenFor I am dead for I am dead I’m only seven though I diedIn Hiroshima long agoI’m seven now as I was thenWhen children die they do not grow My hair was scorched…

August 6th and 9th mark 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, with the US decision to…

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Seeking a dominant position in everything, including the military domain, is part of Washington’s strategic planning, Nikolay Patrushev told journalists on Tuesday. As a nation that does not want to bend to American interests, Russia needs to be able to deter…

US President Donald Trumps passive encouragement of violence is insidious and is eating away at the fabric of decency throughout the world, the annual Hiroshima Day commemoration in Dublin was told on Tuesday afternoon. What is the likelihood of Trump initia…

When news of the Japanese surrender reached the world, Americans automatically and naturally assumed it was due to the detonation of the atomic bombs. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen who were making preparations for an invasion…

Universal History Archive/Getty TOKYOWhat if Japan had been the first to use the atomic bomb in World War IIand what if its top-secret research provided the backbone for the nuclear threat the world now faces from North Korea?   These are some of the tough …

In 1890, Cy Young gained the first of his 511 major league victories as he pitched the Cleveland Spiders to a win over the Chicago Colts (however, the score is a matter of dispute, with some sources saying 6-1, and others saying 8-1). In 1911, actress-comedi…