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Cover photo Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another

The novel is based on a true story.

18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM IST

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Peace or permacrisis': What's the 2023 mantra?

Permacrisis was the Collins Dictionary's word of the year, perhaps unsurprisingly, as we lived through great upheavals

1 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky walking along tranches with border guard officers as he inspects the state border with Russian Federation in Sumy region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press/AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine to get peace only if both sides can...

A permanent European military presence in Ukraine would rubbish Moscow's claim of defending Russia against Nato by...

23 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

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German doctor warns physicians: Never again partake in atrocities

German medical doctors used radiation to forcibly sterilize 7,200 disabled women in the mid-1930s.

14 March 2018 5:52 PM IST

Overtons longevity and his status as the oldest living American veteran of World War II made him a celebrity of sorts over the past few years. (Photo: AFP)

Oldest man in US, World War II veteran, dies at age 112: Report

Overton, who lived in Austin, Texas, died on Thursday at a rehabilitation home, said his cousin, Volma Overton Jr.

29 Dec 2018 9:54 AM IST

The US also started turning inwards post its involvement in Afghan and Iraq wars that devastated its economy, leading to huge deficits.

Globalisation's ascent & a multi-polar world

Another interesting phenomena that started delineating itself concurrently was the separation of religious temporal...

23 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

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Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

The two 19-year-olds from South Dakota (US), will rest in peace side-by-side at the Normandy American Cemetery and...

19 Jun 2018 5:25 PM IST

Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck: So many to rescue

Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck: 'So many' to rescue

Researchers confirmed the discovery with a remotely operated craft, which provided high definition video in real time

16 Aug 2018 2:45 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

In Mideast, chasing an elusive peace

Syria is in its seventh year of civil war, with protagonists on various sides near exhaustion.

28 Aug 2017 2:17 AM IST

Gunnar Birkerts. (Photo: AP)

Acclaimed modernist architect Gunnar Birkerts dies at 92

Gunnar Birkerts also taught architecture at the University of Michigan from 1959-1990.

18 Aug 2017 1:17 PM IST

A scene from Dunkirk

Forgotten by history?

With Dunkirk choosing to omit Indian soldiers out of the World War II setting, filmmakers set the record straight on...

2 Aug 2017 12:07 AM IST

You will be controlling Private Ronald Daniels as you go from France to Belgium and finally into Germany.

Gear up for COD WW II

The game will primarily take the player to the 1944-45 European theatre of World War II.

3 May 2017 12:17 AM IST