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War, what is it good for? Very little

There simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well

Salon

Australians and New Zealanders recall war dead on Anzac Day

Hundreds of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders have gathered at dawn services and veterans’ street marches across the two nations to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day

The Independent UK

'Everybody should know what it was like', 98-year-old Joan says

Joan Wilmore's late husband, Harry, was one of the original Rats of Tobruk.

Newcastle Herald

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My Dad was reluctant to attend Anzac Day parades, but he was a proud serviceman

I now know that Dad paid a much bigger price for his service than I ever realised and I wish I could tell him how proud I am, writes Jenny Woodward.

ABC News

Australians in the US Army Small Ships Section still going unrecognised despite 'crucial' role against the Japanese in World War II

The US Army Small Ships Section was a lesser-known band of civilians who played a crucial role delivering supplies to troops fighting in the Pacific during WWII.

ABC News

Australia's military facing significant overhaul as Defence Strategic Review released — as it happened

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles have responded to the release of the Defence Strategic Review. Look back on Monday's updates.

ABC News

Canadian professor Hassan Diab convicted in absentia over 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

A Paris court issues an arrest warrant for Hassan Diab over the bombing, but the Canadian-based professor denies wrongdoing, with his lawyers saying he was studying in Lebanon at the time of the attack.

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Revisiting the famous site of former shanty town 'Hollywood'

Work on the inner-city bypass is erasing the last traces of 'Hollywood'.

Newcastle Herald

Our country needs to shed its obsession with guns

If soldiers like Sneed’s father can give up theirs, why can’t we as a nation do so for the safety of our children?

Chicago Sun-Times

Gillian Jacobs loves "messy" characters

The actor talks Netflix show "Transatlantic," loving classic films and the "Community" moment that haunts her life

Salon

Daniel Akst: The World War II Pacifists Who Changed America Forever

"Christian libertarians" Bayard Rustin and David Dellinger challenged state power and ended up leading the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War protests.

Reason

Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Eighty years on from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - the largest Jewish revolt against Nazi Germany during World War II - Poland marked the heroism of those who took part with a warning to the world against sowing hatred.

Reuters

Oppenheimer: Everything we know about the atomic bomb creator's epic new biopic

Christopher Nolan’s next movie will study the man who developed the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Here’s the release date, plot, trailers & more.

LiveScience

Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts

U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal investigation into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts

The Independent UK

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All the Light We Cannot See: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know

A four-part limited series, the adaptation of All the Light We Cannot See brings Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to screens in fall 2023.

The Times of India

China minister lauds Putin for ‘promoting world peace’

BEIJING: China’s defense minister congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin for “promoting world peace,” underscoring the warm relations between the two nations more than a year after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine sparked Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

France 24

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: An act of desperate resistance by Polish Jews

It is one of the most emblematic events of World War II. On April 19, 1943 a handful of Jewish fighters revolted against Nazi barbarism that had methodically undertaken the deportation and extermination of 400,000 Jews crowded into the Warsaw ghetto since July 1942. Three weeks after the final uprising,…

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Key takeaways from Harlan Crow’s interview with The Dallas Morning News on Clarence Thomas

DALLAS — Harlan Crow, the Dallas real estate magnate whose friendship with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn national attention, doesn’t believe they’ve done anything wrong.

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Daily Mirror

People are only just realising that street railings with kinks have a 'vital' purpose

A historian has shared exactly why some street railings have kinks in them, leaving a number of keen history buffs looking about the streets around them in a completely new way

Asharq Al-Awsat

More than 6,000 Troops to Play Role in Charles’ Coronation

More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, the UK forces' biggest ceremonial deployment in seven decades, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Defense said thousands of soldiers, sailors and aviators will escort the king and Camilla, the queen consort, between…

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Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve.

Chicago Sun-Times

80-year trip back home nearing a close for WWII pilot

Sneed exclusive: Remains of Lt. Roy Coulson Harms, who was killed over a bombing raid in Romania in 1943, are returning to family in Grafton, Wis.

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Even Republican voters want more gun laws. Why don't their representatives?

The Alamo and the Riverwalk are the landmarks most associated with San Antonio, but they don't tell you as much about the city as its nickname does: Military City, USA. It's been called that since World War II. The largest joint base in our Department of Defense is in San…

France 24

Who stands to gain? Pentagon leaks expose US military secrets

Loose lips sink ships, read the poster during World War II. The US government was then urging citizens to refrain from sharing what might even seem like benign information to the untrained ear. It was only a matter of time before Europe's first ground war since the information age sprang…

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Giants draft history: Players selected at No. 160 overall

The New York Giants are slated to pick at No. 160 overall in the 2023 NFL draft, so here's a look back at their history in that spot.

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