World War 2

WARSAW (Reuters) - Navy divers on Monday began a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland, forcing more than 750 people to evacuate their homes.Dubbed the “earthquake” bomb, the Tallboy bomb was used by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) and weighs nearly…

The 2020 election cycle has been characterised by personal attacks, record spending and a disorderly opening presidential debate that at times descended into farce. Donald Trump has dubbed Joe Biden “the destroyer of American greatness”, while the Democratic contender has dismissed the president as a “fool” and a “clown”. But what political…

Listen to this story The 2020-21 Budget delivers the biggest Australian deficit since World War 2. The Government’s fiscal stimulus of $51 billion during the GFC pales in comparison to the $257 billion in spending unveiled by the Treasurer yesterday. We asked leading Australian economists for their first impressions on…

This week’s must-reads include David Goodhart’s “utterly compelling” book on the over-dominance of our society by the highly educated. Martin Amis creates an odd “mash-up” of a novel for what he says will be his last “significant” book and Robert Harris revisits the “secretive world of Second World War mathematicians”.Book of…

Ramjet Artillery and Missiles Will Have Five Times the Range Brian Wang | September 30, 2020 | Normal US artillery has a range of 20-30 kilometers (12-18 miles) but new ramjet artillery will be able to reach 150 kilometers. The weapons will be able to farther, faster and higher. 150…

Author of the article:Staff ReporterPublishing date:Sep 21, 2020  •   •  < 1 minute readThe Royal Airforce's Spitfire planes fly over Westminster Abbey after the "Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain", in London, Britain, September 20, 2020. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS /REUTERSArticle…

The men were working to help dispose of the many unexploded World War Two bombs on the islands.Read More

This week’s must-read titles include the first volume of Fredrik Logevall’s biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Laura Bates’s “brilliantly fierce” Men Who Hate Women and Sarah Moss’s Summerwater, a tale which expertly captures the “agonised tenderness of family life”.Book of the weekJFK Volume 1: 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall This book –…

SOPA Images/Getty World Bank's chief economist, Carmen Reinhart, expects full global economic recovery to take as long as 5 years."Everything depends" on when a vaccine gets approved and how long it would take for global access, she said at a virtual conference hosted by El Pais on Thursday.Reinhart pointed out…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 September 2020 / 1,172 ViewsDeveloper Rebellion announced Sniper Elite 4 will launch for the Nintendo Switch in 2020. The game first launched for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in February 2017. View the Nintendo Switch trailer of the game below: Here is…