World War-II bomb find in Britain, explosion felt up to 24KM
A World War 2-era bomb was found in a residential area of Exeter city near London, the capital of Britain. A video of the explosion of this bomb is also becoming increasingly viral.
Feb 11, 2023, 14:46 PM IST
World War 2-era bomb find in a residential area of Exeter city near London
A World War 2-era bomb was found in a residential area of Exeter city near London, the capital of Britain. A video of the explosion of this bomb is also becoming increasingly viral.
Feb 11, 2023, 13:40 PM IST
Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie where the Tallboy bomb used by Britain`s Royal Air Force (RAF) was found.
Oct 14, 2020, 00:58 AM IST
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor Terumi Tanaka keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament
Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 1945. Sitting at home with a book that morning, Tanaka knew instantly when his surroundings turned a blinding bright white that the massive boom was not one of the air raids he had gotten accustomed to in the waning days of World War Two.
Aug 04, 2020, 00:41 AM IST
Address me as Mr President: Emmanuel Macron schools teen for calling him 'Manu'
It`s not the first time Macron has been captured on camera giving lessons to those who challenge or disrespect him.
Jun 19, 2018, 11:46 AM IST
British WWII bomb in Frankfurt could flatten a city block
The HC 4000 bomb is assumed to have been dropped by Britain`s Royal Air Force during the 1939-45 war.
Sep 01, 2017, 20:51 PM IST
Honolulu high-rise blaze kills three, injures five
In London, at least 80 people were killed when a fire gutted the 24-story Grenfell Tower apartments on June 14.
Jul 15, 2017, 12:30 PM IST
Japan crown prince says will devote himself "body and soul" to job as emperor
Emperor Akihito, 83, who has had heart surgery and treatment for prostate cancer, said in rare public remarks last year he feared age might make it hard for him to continue to fulfill his duties.
Jun 13, 2017, 17:20 PM IST
Shinzo Abe to become first Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbor
Japanese PM will visit Pearl Harbor this month with US President Barack Obama.
Dec 05, 2016, 20:54 PM IST
South Korea, Japan agree intelligence-sharing on North Korea threat
South Korea and Japan signed a military intelligence pact on Wednesday to share sensitive information on the threat posed by North Korea`s missile and nuclear activities, the South`s Defence Ministry said.
Nov 23, 2016, 08:52 AM IST
Japan's first lady makes first visit to Pearl Harbor
A visit by Abe would mark the first time an incumbent Japanese prime minister had gone to the Pearl Harbor memorial.
Aug 23, 2016, 02:55 AM IST
Pope visits Auschwitz, says same horrors happening today
Pope Francis made an emotional and silent visit to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz on Friday and later said many of the horrors committed are happening in places at war today.
Jul 30, 2016, 01:21 AM IST
Liberal Chinese magazine shuts amid forced management reshuffle
A leading liberal magazine in China has halted publication after a sudden forced reshuffle of its leadership.
Jul 19, 2016, 11:08 AM IST
Polish minister dismisses 'silly' EU criticism, cites Nazis
Poland`s justice minister dismissed an EU commissioner`s criticism of new media regulations as "silly" in a confrontational letter that marked a low in the new government`s relations with the bloc and the commissioner`s home Germany.
Jan 11, 2016, 02:11 AM IST
Pearl Harbor ceremony unites former US and Japanese pilots
Today is the 74th anniversary of the attack, which took 2,403 lives and drew the United States into World War Two.
Dec 07, 2015, 10:10 AM IST
Bastian Schweinsteiger to sue Chinese toy firm over Nazi doll
A Chinese company manufactured a doll bearing the midfielder's resemblance and dressed in Nazi military uniforms.
Oct 23, 2015, 10:26 AM IST
Russian border guards laugh as Syrian wobbles his bike to asylum
Russian border guards broke out laughing when Syrian refugee Wassem Khatib wobbled on a child`s bicycle towards a remote Arctic frontier post - struggling with a guitar, a rucksack and a heavy suitcase - to seek asylum in neighbouring Norway.
Sep 25, 2015, 18:14 PM IST
Refugee crisis to test EU itself at summit of divided leaders
Bitterly divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the worst migration crisis affecting the continent since World War Two, which has tarnished its image as a beacon of peace, at an emergency summit next week.
Sep 20, 2015, 18:43 PM IST
How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank
Historians may record March 2015 as the moment when China`s chequebook diplomacy came of age, giving the world`s number two economy a greater role in shaping global economic governance at the expense of the United States and the international financial institutions it has dominated since World War Two.
Mar 22, 2015, 20:21 PM IST
