World War 2

News   Updated Shillingford Bridge was closed by police this afternoon. Picture: Shill River Shack Facebook A BRIDGE was closed this afternoon after the discovery of a World War Two shell in the River Thames. Thames Valley Police temporarily closed the Shillingford Bridge in Wallingford Road, Shillingford this afternoon. Officers from…

After a year that saw federal spending reach levels not seen since the Second World War, the Liberal government will release a long-awaited budget Monday that will offer a roadmap to a post-pandemic economic recovery. Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the 2020 fiscal update in the House of Commons…

They will honour Philip’s active service in the Royal Navy during the Second World WarRead More

Author of the article: James Bagnall One of four pristine data centres operated by Shared Services Canada: still waiting to be filled HANDOUT Not since the Second World War has the federal government loomed so large over the affairs of Canadians. During the first ten months of the pandemic —…

IN THE DECADES after the second world war carmakers were the undisputed champions of the personal-transport economy. Competition and economies of scale made cars affordable to millions of motorists in industrialised countries. In the 1980s and 1990s the likes of General Motors (GM) and Toyota boasted some of the world’s…

Football Fulham and Wolves pay tribute to Prince Philip as Premier League weekend action kicks offWith another weekend of Premier League action kicking off, Fulham and Wolves led the tributes to Prince Philip with two minutes' silence at Craven Cottage. The 99-year-old was the longest serving consort in the history…

A mission sponsored by undersea technology company Caladan Oceanic and led by entrepreneur, explorer and retired U.S. naval officer Victor Vescovo has announced they have identified a section of wreckage belonging to a World War II destroyer and is the deepest shipwreck ever found. The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston (DD…

Britain will on Wednesday push G7 allies to get tough on China over "pernicious practices" that undermine the international trading system, calling for an overhaul of outdated and ineffective World Trade Organization rules. Trade minister Liz Truss will host her G7 counterparts and the new head of the WTO, using…

The province plans to use infrastructure spending to help boost the economy out of "the worst recession since the Second World War." Author of the article: Jason Magder  •  Montreal Gazette Construction of the REM at Highway 40 in Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette The province plans to…

SynopsisModi is PM at a time when the global power context is witnessing some fundamental shifts, in which a new political pact among democracies is very much in the offing. The last time this happened was after World War 2 among the liberal western democracies that arraigned themselves under a…