World War 2

(Reuters) - The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy. FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to…

ARE you baffled by the government’s approach to easing lockdown? Here prime minister Boris Johnson explains what you should do next week.  Jolly well get shopping Give the economy the kickstart it needs by shopping for at least six hours a day. Get essentials like wine, but also buy things…

By Mark Brindle, Supporter Liaison Officer  Our club would not even have existed if it were not for the mechanics of war.  As we all know, when David Danskin and his friends sat down in 1886 to form a team from the munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, little could they have known they…

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Many young Germans have failed to learn the lessons of history, and anti-Semitism is becoming entrenched in the land responsible for the Holocaust, a Jewish leader warned, a day before the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. FILE PHOTO: Head of the…

American Harvest, by Marie Mutsuki Mockett (Graywolf). Harvest season in the American wheat belt begins in Texas, in the late spring, when hundreds of seasonal workers are hired into crews and begin moving from farm to farm, to cut the year’s grain. In this reflective travelogue, Mockett, who grew up…

Anni Faurbye Fernandez, Moa Westeson and Cindy Hanson, all formerly of Norwegian production house Cinenord (Atlantic Crossing), have teamed to form Stockholm and Copenhagen-based Nevis Productions. Launched with investment from London-based producer and financing outfit Nevision, which is also involved in the upcoming big budget Second World War series Atlantic…

Economic Preview Published: May 4, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. ET Coronavirus could drive U.S. unemployment to 15% or higher A Nevada Highway Patrol officer directs vehicles as they wait in line on streets around Boulder Station Hotel & Casino to get into a drive-thru Three Square Food Bank emergency food…

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week as people react to the spread of the coronavirus. Image copyright Tom Jacobs / Reuters Image caption Desiree Henry trains at a golf course in Edmonton, London, following the outbreak of Covid-19. A Team GB athlete, she won…

When Victory in Europe was announced on 8 May, 1945 the British nation was ecstatic, celebratory – and exhausted. The country had fought with every sinew, and that battle – as with our current crisis – depended not just on those on the front line but in every household and…