World War 2

This Christmas story dates back to World War 2. When the surviving Polish children of Oudtshoorn are gone, the memories, the monument, the history, heritage and culinary traditions will live on...Read More

An Oxford ghost and records of human poo are among the strangest stories of 2025. The city of dreaming spires is an iconic, historic place known around the world – as is its surrounding countryside which includes the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. It’s a famous destination, but also sometimes a strange one…

By Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for ​a "dignified" peace and guarantees that Russia would not ​attack Ukraine again as he prepared to meet U.S. envoys and European allies in Berlin to ⁠end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War…

Are Inkle feeding us false intelligence? Image credit: Inkle 80 Days and Heaven's Vault developers Inkle are making a new "narrative deduction game" and audio drama called TR-49, in which you fiddle with a bunch of creepy old machines. It's based - or so they tell us - on a…

By PHIL STEWART , TREVOR HUNNICUTT, Reuters Published September 6, 2025 5:50am Updated September 6, 2025 11:50am WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World War…

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," a White House official told Reuters on Thursday. According to a White House fact sheet, the order would authorise Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department and subordinate…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during their visit to Beijing to attend China's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency After Kim…

Members of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy march during the rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. — Reuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised China’s “beautiful ceremony” commemorating the end…

China unveiled a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile, underwater drones and hypersonic missiles as part of an imposing display of military hardware during its Victory Day parade on Wednesday. Thought to be the largest military parade in China’s history, the event marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat and the…

 Russian servicemen sit in the cabins of S-400 missile air defence systems before a parade marking the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, April 29, 2019.— Reuters  TASS  news agency reported late on Tuesday that Moscow and New Delhi are in talks…