World War 2

File photo shows European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen giving a press conference following a video conference EU summit to discuss the measures to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, April 23, 2020, in Brussels. — AFP picBRUSSELS, June 19 — EU leaders agreed today that urgent action…

Finance Minister Eric Girard insisted that the return to balanced books can be achieved without major austerity measures or tax increases. Author of the article: Philip Authier  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Jun 19, 2020  •  June 19, 2020  •  4 minute read Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says he…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The Queen and Dame Vera, pictured in 1992, were both key UK figures during World War Two The Queen, Prince Charles and Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney are among those who have paid respects to Dame Vera Lynn, who has died aged 103.Forces' Sweetheart…

media captionBoris Johnson and Mr Macron viewed documents and artefacts relating to General Charles de GaulleBoris Johnson has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Downing Street to mark the 80th anniversary of a famous wartime broadcast. In 1940, French Resistance leader Charles de Gaulle used the BBC to send a…

While the first half of the twentieth century marked a period of extraordinary violence, the world has become more peaceful in the past 30 years, a new statistical analysis of the global death toll from war suggests. The study, by mathematicians at the University of York, used new techniques to…

The record-breaking jet which still haunts a country A decade after the end of World War Two, Canada built a jet which pushed technology to its limits. But its demise showed why smaller nations found it difficult to compete in the Jet Age. IIn the early years of the Cold…

Bomber Crew was already a bit FTL-like, and its sequel is leaning in. Space Crew swaps the original's World War 2 setting for outer space, but otherwise still looks to be a strategy game about telling your vessel's crew what to do as you launch missiles and catch fire. The…

In Depth Annual vigils to mark the devastating fire replaced with an online service due to coronavirusThis Sunday is the third anniversary of the day the UK woke to news that Grenfell Tower in London had caught alight in the country’s worst residential fire since the Second World War.  “Residents…

Updated / Friday, 12 Jun 2020 22:10 John Cleese in Fawlty Towers A classic episode of 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers is to be reinstated on streaming service UKTV after it was removed because it contains "racial slurs". UKTV confirmed in a statement that the famous "don't mention the war" episode…

“Because of your steadfastness in implementing the President’s ‘peace through strength’ policies and that of our colleagues across the U.S. government, our opponents will fail in their malign efforts,” O’Brien said. In media appearances, O’Brien has said he does not think there is “systemic racism” in U.S. law enforcement and…