World War II

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with mayors of the communes that are Companions of the Liberation following the traditional annual ceremony at the Mont-Valerien, a memorial for the French who fought against the Nazis and those who were killed by the occupying forces, in Suresnes, west of Paris, France June 18, 2020. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Macron visits London to mark de Gaulle's WW2 resistance call and talk Brexit

The main focus is for Macron to mark de Gaulle’s “Appel” of June 18, 1940, a radio address he made to the French nation from the BBC headquarters in London calling for resistance to the Nazi...

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Day, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

The Phony War on the coronavirus

On the downside, this will be a very painful recession for face-to-face services, which cannot be diverted to “wartime production.” Photo: REUTERS
Global Economy

How the coronavirus recession is like World War II

A monument at the site of the Japanese-American concentration camp in Manzanar, California/ BSS-AFP
World+Biz

California to apologize for WWII internment of Japanese

The couple went to the courthouse to get their marriage licence last week / PHOTO: CNN
Offbeat

When love finds you…

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a family photo session in front of Osaka Castle at the G-20 summit, in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. -REUTERS
Politics

Trump says 'unfair' defense treaty with Japan needs to be changed