World War 2

(Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc cut its dividend for the first time since at least the Second World War as the oil slump triggered by the coronavirus pandemic reshapes the energy industry.The surprise move is the latest illustration of how the international spread of the deadly disease is causing…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Dame Vera Lynn turned 100 years old in 2017 The Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity is struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, the World War Two Forces' Sweetheart says.An emergency fundraising appeal has been launched by the charity to ensure it can continue to provide…

The BBC has announced a slate of programming to the mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, including an address from the Queen. The monarch will broadcast at 9pm, the exact time her father spoke to the nation three quarters of a century ago on 8 May, the BBC said.…

​The United Kingdom is on course to be among the worst hit European states with more than 20,732 hospital deaths reported as of Saturday. ​But the most stringent lockdown in peacetime history has left the economy facing possibly the deepest recession in three centuries and the biggest debt splurge since…

At the height of the Second World War, in April 1943, LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to Penn Station, NYC and captured the sorrowful farewell scenes between young soldiers and their families. These forlorn figures, who were bidding goodbyes, seemed to anxiously fear that they might never have any chance…

By Mark Kaufman2020-04-24 09:00:00 UTC There are few worse spots to be during a historic pandemic than a bustling workplace. They're rife with shared door handles, shared bathrooms, shared fridges, shared desks, shared elevators, shared coffee, shared scissors, and inevitably, shared microbes. Unfortunately for humanity, the new coronavirus, an especially…

Joan Benoit wins the 1984 Olympic marathonLondon Marathon TV programmesSat 25 April: BBC One 13:15-13:45 BST - Kipchoge: My sub two-hour marathonSun 26 April: BBC One 14:00-14:45 BST - 1981 London Marathon: Historical firstSun 26 April: BBC Sport website 10:00-13:00 - Your marathon day stories live textYou can’t be what…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - It was meant to be the day Russians voted to change the constitution to allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036. Instead, Putin spent Wednesday troubleshooting one of the biggest crises of his rule - fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Because of the pandemic,…

Image copyright Stephen Doughty MP Image caption Harold with his medals at a Merchant Navy remembrance service The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval escorts of World War Two.Harold Boudier, 94, from Penarth, was on the…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, citing the deepening coronavirus crisis, said on Thursday Russia would postpone its May 9 celebrations including a huge military parade across Red Square to mark 75 years since the Soviet victory in World War Two. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members…