World War 2

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…

Undaunted: Normandy is a World War Two game about combat on a very small scale.While there are loads of WW2 board games, too many to count really, this one somehow manages to find room to stand out from the crowd thanks to its elegant game design and focus on the…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank approved a bigger-than-expected expansion of its stimulus package on Thursday to prop up an economy plunged by the coronavirus pandemic into its worst recession since World War Two. Just months after a raft of crisis measures, the ECB again expanded its money-printing scheme…

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FILE PHOTO: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu gestures during a news conference after bilateral talks between Italy and Russia at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a phone call with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, invited him…

An editorial project by London's V&A Museum reflects on objects that have been ascribed new meanings and functions during the coronavirus pandemic. Curator Brendan Cormier selects his highlights.Pandemic Objects is an online editorial project that was launched at the beginning of May, composed of a series of articles posted on…

May's irreversible slide into June means another batch of games for PlayStation Plus subscribers, and this month they look an awful lot like Call of Duty WW2 and Star Wars Battlefront 2.Call of Duty WW2 released in 2017 and marked the long-running first-person shooter series' return to its Second World…

Toy Soldiers, a classic from the era of Xbox Live Arcade, is getting a full sequel more than a decade later. Moving its tower defense action forward to World War 2, Toy Soldiers 2 will launch on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch in 2021. In the meantime, remasters of the…