World War 2

Click here for more info on Vitesse T-Shirts UK In 1949, the sport’s regulatory body, the Federation Fédération de Motorcycle, hosted the first-ever World Championship for motorcycle racing (FIM). In 1938, before the onset of the Second World War, there was talk of a championship series and a European series…

In national elections on Sunday, forty-four per cent of Italian voters opted for right-wing candidates, all but insuring that the next Prime Minister will be Giorgia Meloni, whose party—Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy—won more than a fourth of the total votes cast. Meloni, who has previously expressed admiration for…

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Rightist bloc set for clear majority in both housesMeloni would be country's first woman prime ministerLeague leader says government will be stableGovernment not expected to be sworn in for few weeksRecord low turnout casts shadow over resultROME, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The right-wing alliance that won Italy's national election will…

Far-right Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni votes at a polling station in Rome, on Sept. 25.Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press Giorgia Meloni’s upstart Brothers of Italy and its two coalition partners placed first in the Italian election, putting the European Union’s third-largest economy on course to take its most radical…

Voters have until 23:00 local time to cast separate votes for the Chamber and Senate Italians are deciding whether to choose their most right-wing government since World War Two, in an election being followed closely across Europe. Giorgia Meloni leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party and is aiming to…

The onset of autumnal weather, with rain making fields too muddy for tanks, is beginning to cloud Ukraine’s efforts to take back more Russian-held territory before winter freezes the battlefields, a Washington-based think tank has said. Russia, meanwhile, pressed on with its call-up of hundreds of thousands of men to…

(Reuters) - Italians were voting on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country's most right-wing government since World War Two and usher in its first woman prime minister. Following is a description of Italy's complex election law, which favours parties able to create pre-election coalitions: BROAD…

Author of the article: Reuters Crispian Balmer and Keith Weir ROME — Polls opened in Italy on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country’s most right-wing government since World War Two and also herald its first woman prime minister. Voting began at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT)…

Leaders in Europe have called for calm after Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military "mobilisation" since World War II. Mr Putin warned this morning that Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal if the West continued with what he called its "nuclear blackmail". The blunt warning…