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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice already this year

World

China’s Xi aims to beef up ‘no limits’ Putin partnership

Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to Moscow on Wednesday for a key three-day visit including a grand Victory Day parade and a show of...

AFPMay 7, 2025

Business

VE Day at 80: Lessons from wartime manufacturing for a modern Britain

What can UK businesses learn from the way the economy was organised during World War II. A current business guru provides some thoughts.

Dr. Tim SandleMay 3, 2025

World

Thousands of UK children write to WWII veterans ahead of VE Day

Tens of thousands of UK children have written to World War II veterans as part of a project to teach new generations about the...

AFPMay 1, 2025

Thousands of people including families with young children and the elderly stayed out overnight in the streets

World

Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Vietnam mounted its biggest-ever celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping...

AFPApril 29, 2025

Vietnamese gather on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, preparing to sleep out overnight ahead of the start of a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

World

Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Vietnam is set to hold its biggest celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first...

AFPApril 29, 2025

The royal couple offered flowers at a memorial for the war dead in Iwo Jima

World

Japan emperor visits World War II battleground Iwo Jima

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th...

AFPApril 7, 2025

An injured civilian being carried following aerial bombardment of Singu in central Myanmar's Mandalay region

World

Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12, says local official

A Myanmar junta airstrike on a village held by anti-coup fighters killed at least 12 people according to a local administrative official, who said...

AFPMarch 15, 2025

Chinese tourists view photos of Japanese war crimes at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum in Nanjing in 2014

World

Frenchman’s mislabelled war photos donation sparks China controversy

A Frenchman’s donation of vintage conflict photographs to China offers insight into the 1930-1940s Sino-Japanese War — even if some images are not the...

AFPMarch 5, 2025